I was hoping to find one of these wells along the "track" We were lucky to stumble on this one just off the road.

It is complete with a stone tank to store the water drawn from the well.

Near the well are the ruins of this two room building.

Marree - home of he Lake Eyre Yacht Club.

Marree was interesting. It was pretty windy at Wilkowie Well and the wind kept gaining in strength and also started picking up dust. By the time we got it Lyndhurst it was a full on dust storm. The fuel consumption driving straight into the headwind to Marree was interesting. At Marree all we could do was get a powered site and sit inside the motorhome with the air condtioner on.

Fortunately overnight the wind did drop and the dust settled.

Yes the dust had settled - everywhere. Still we were able to catch up on our washing.

Farina is an abandoned township between Lyndhurst and Marree. It is a pity about the dust storm as it would have been good to have an explore.

This building started as the Transcontinental Hotel but had several other uses during its life

Through one of the windows of the hotel. If you look closely you can just see an old railway water tank in the distance. Farina was a rail head for the original Ghan railway.

There were a few spits of ran overnight but that was all and the road was fine. We were even comfortable getting off the road to have a look at Harry's ruins.

This is what we looked like when we got to Mungerannie. We were lucky to get there. They had more rain here and along the road than Maree. The road was extremely slippery and dangerous. The back end of Clifford kept wanting to become the front end.

As the road to Birdsville was closed we were here for a few days. There were two other couples stranded with us. They had a very similar experienced coming from Birdsville in that it hadn't rained in Birdsville and in the beginning the road was good. They also were very glad to see  Mungerannie.

I had time to play around and take some night photos.

These old trucks were abandoned along the track. At least one of then belonged to Tom Kruse the legendary Maree to Birdsville mailman.

Unfortunately for us the sleeper walls of this spar pool had started to collapse and it is no longer in use.

I am not sure when Maccas will get here, but I am sure it will put Mungerannie on the map when it does.

The door of one of the old trucks with the name of Tom Cruze - legendary mail man on the Birdsville when it was even less than a track.

Last night star trails.

The complete crew here for the few days.

This rock formation is off the road just north of Mungerannie. It sure looks like a meteor crater to me.

While on private property and fenced the hot water from the bore is visible from the "track"

Yep we did make it to Birdsville.