Day 20
Although the northern end of the
Birdsville Track is closed to Trailers and Caravans, it was open to all traffic
as far as Mungerannie. On our original
itinerary, we had scheduled an overnighter at either River Clayton or the
Cooper River Crossing. So we opted to
journey up the Birdsville and pick one to stay at.
Our first pit stop along the way
was at the Lake Eyre South lookout. We
had done this 10 years back and even this time with all the rain and cyclones
up north, Lake Eyre South remains empty.
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| Lake Eyre South Lookout |
Next stop was Marree. Here to fuel up and take on some light
provisions. The general store was light
on for customer service and served arguably the worst pasties in Australia.
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| Marree General Store |
Then it was onto The Birdsville
Track
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| Birdsville Track Turnoff |
The scenery along the way was
classic, including these little road runners we clocked along the way.
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| Birdsville Track Kangaroos |
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| Birdsville Track Emus |
Passing the River Clayton
crossing we had a quick look at the camping facilities and although there was
an excellent artesian fed pool and clean flushing toilet, there was little
shade so we decided to push on to check out Cooper Creek crossing camp ground.
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| River Clayton Crossing Pool and Toilet |
We reached Cooper Creek,
persisting with the flys until dusk, set up camp, lit a fire, cracked open a
cold one.
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| Cooper Creek Crossing Camp |
The camp ground did have the
luxury of a flushing toilet. Fire wood
was scarce so a possie was detached to scavenge for wood.
Tonight, camp fire jaffles and panini
are on the menu.
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| Dinner Preparations |
Life is Good.
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| Birdsville Track Sunset |
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