Lake Eyre After what seems like a lifetime, we finally arrived at William Creek. It’s small. It’s remote. It’s dry and dusty. It’s wonderful! We drove into town past the airstrip, the Wrightsair Scenic Tours Office, and the pub/hotel/fuel station all on one side of town. On the opposite side was the caravan park, …
It’s a relatively short drive from Muloorina to William Creek, 250 kilometres, and truth be known most people do it in one day. But why hurry? We spent the first night at Curdimurka siding a ruin at the site of an Old Ghan railway siding. Its glory days may be gone, but it still …
Now this is an oasis Sticking to our plan (I know…shock and amazement 😊) we left Marree and drove back to the Muloorina campground. I think it’s safe to say that this has to be one of our favourite campsites. Muloorina is a property that covers four thousand square kilometres. It runs cattle and …
We Finally Made It! When we left Port Broughton, we found ourselves on roads we had previously travelled. Once more driving the Outback Hwy north from Port Augusta with the great Flinders Ranges on either side of us. We stopped that night well off the main road, with an old ruin to the East …
We made it back to Port Augusta in time for our car service, but we actually stayed 25 kilometres southeast of Port Augusta at the Spear Creek caravan park. This is situated within a 21,000 acre working sheep farm in Woolundunga and is a lovely spot to stay. Unfortunately, there were severe wind warnings …
Brachina Gorge We left Wilpena Pound and started our way back towards Port Augusta (we had the Ranger booked in for a service). We only drove for about ten minutes when we had to stop and climb a hill. The landscape surrounding the Pound is as different as it is beautiful. It didn’t take …
