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Post 475 Windorah to Birdsville

Ian Collard

August 14, 2022

2022
Biloela to Birdsville
Oodnadatta Trip 2

Windorah to Birdsville

This is Dion's Lookout.

Getting to this point was not without incident. We had about 10 mm of rain overnight at Windorah and the single lane bitumen out of Windorah was wet. Give on coming trucks the road so they say. Yes we got off the road but then started going sideways and then stopped making forward motion all together 🙁 . While stopped waiting sideways for the truck to go past I slipped it into 4x4. Fingers crossed we managed to reclaim the bitumen. To his credit the truckie did stop and wait for us to slip and spin back up onto the bitumen.

Windorah to Birdsville

Fortunately the further west we went the less rain had fallen and by the time we got to the gravel road it was almost dry.

Windorah to Birdsville

We have driven past this art installation before but this is the first time we have stopped.

Windorah to Birdsville

We did make it too Birdsville. Even though it was early enough we did not succumb and go out and have another crack at big red.

Post 476 Birdsville

Ian Collard

August 15, 2022

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2022
Biloela to Birdsville
Oodnadatta Trip 2

Birdsville

Birdsville twice in the same year?

Birdsville

Last time we were here we bought the children's story book about Onslo the vw beetle who crossed the desert. This time I remembered to take a photo of the real thing.

Bought fuel here ~$2.70 per litre.

Birdsville

We splashed out and had a powered site. This is the full moon coming up over the cheap seats down by the water edge.

More moon shots in the Birdsville gallery.

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Post 477 Birdsville Track

Ian Collard

August 15, 2022

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2022
Birdsville Track
Oodnadatta Trip 2

Birdsville Track

We headed south down the Birdsville Track. Back in 2020 we came north.

This shot is pretty close to the southern end of the track from a lookout near Harry's Lake.

Kilanbar Bore

Kilanbar bore just off the track.

Mirra Mitta bore

Mirra Mitta Bore.

It was blowing a gale here but I managed to fly the drone over the fence and above the bore. I then dropped the drone as the breeze caught the motorhome door while I was juggling everything to get back inside. 🙁 Fortunately it still flies 🙂

Mungerannie

We camped the night at Mungerannie - we felt we had too, the last time we were on the Birdsville Track it had rained and the road was closed. We spent 4 or 5 nights here waiting for the road to reopen.

Didn't buy fuel here ~$3.10 per litre.

Mungerannie

McDonalds is still coming!

Old Mulka Ruins

These ruins are of an old shop. I suspect Mungerannie now fills the role of this stop over half way along the track.

Old Mulka Ruins

This is the grave of a 14 year old girl.

Cooper's Creek Ferry

We took an 8 km diversion down the old Birdsville track too see the Cooper's Creek Ferry site.

Cooper's Creek Ferry

Not sure how long we will have to wait for the next ferry.

Cooper's Creek Ferry

Ferry terminal on the far bank.

Harry's Lake

I was surprised to scramble up this lookout and see water on the horizon.

Harry's Lake - Lake Harry? We didn't stop at Harry's ruins this time.

Harry's Lake Lookout

The climb up wasn't much fun for Ann - she swallowed a fly.

Muloorina Campground

We didn't stop in Marree but headed straight for the campground at Muloorina Water Hole on Muloorina Station. The water hole is kept full by water from an artesian bore.

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