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1 A E F AWD Birdsville Developmental Road. 4WD SUV Distance 386 km. TO BEDOURIE Q.L.D The Birdsville Developmental Road is both sealed and unsealed. Although it is well MUNGA-THIRRI maintained, road conditions can deteriorate during the peak tourist season, especially NATIONAL PARK around the time of the Birdsville Races in September. Take particular care on stretches of gibber stone on the road surface between Betoota and the Cordillo Downs B Road turnoff. 1 3 BIRDSVILLE POINTS OF INTEREST The Birdsville Track Dreamtime Serpent Sculpture Big Red N.T • Deon’s Lookout Indigenous artwork of a dreamtime serpent on a Big Red is the largest and most famous dune in the TO WINDORAH D • Betoota (The last permanent resident, Sigmund Remienko, died in 2004, after hill near Betoota. Simpson Desert. F BIG RED E owning and operating the Betoota Hotel since 1957.) B C TURN OFF • Dreamtime serpent sculpture WITJIRA POEPPEL CORNER HADDON NATIONAL PARK CORNER CADELGA MT DARE SIMPSON DESERT OUTSTATION CONSERVATION PARK 2 CORDILLO H 2 DOWNS DALHOUSIE SPRINGS GOYDERS AWD 4WD AWD The Birdsville “Inside Track”. Distance 1464WD km.SUV SUV LAGOON 9 The unsealed Inside Track is 35 kilometres shorter than the more commonly used 10 Outside (Birdsville) Track. The desert scenery on this route is truly spectacular and is 315km INNAMINCKA Eyre Creek 7 REGIONAL Eyre Creek is fed by the all-important channel very popular with travelling photographers. RESERVE country system. MARLA COONGIE The route travels through some unpredictable terrain, so make sure you check current LAKES road conditions with local authorities. If you’re planning on towing, a stone guard on the C OODNADATTA trailer is highly recommended to reduce the risk of gibber stones damaging the trailer G BURKE & WILLS DIG TREE and rear window of the tow vehicle. MUNGERANNIE 8 ROADHOUSE TO THARGOMINDAH MOOMBA 3 KATI THANDA - LAKE EYRE A INNAMINCKA 4WD AWD QAA Line, Birdsville to Poeppel Corner. Distance 170 km. SUV NATIONAL PARK TALLARINGA The QAA Line is an unsealed sand track over steep dunes and rough terrain. It is true CONSERVATION LAKE EYRE NORTH STRZELECKI desert travel. It is not possible to tow a caravan on this route as it is only suited to PARK Poeppel Corner REGIONAL 4WD vehicles. The corner post where QLD,SA and NT meet. WILLIAM CREEK RESERVE 5 CAMERON CORNER Make sure you research current road conditions before you set out, and that you have D COOBER PEDY enough fuel, food and water for your trip. While travelling, please be sure to respect 6 STURT NATIONAL PARK the fragile desert environment. You will need a desert parks permit and a vehicle- 4 LAKE LAKE N.S.W mounted sand flag is mandatory. Also ensure you have all-terrain or mud-terrain EYRE SOUTH BLANCHE tyres, as well as a couple of spares. G POINTS OF INTEREST • Nappanercia, nicknamed ‘Big Red’ for obvious reasons! • Eyre Creek MARREE • Poeppel Corner, marking the meeting point of SA, NT and Qld. S.A ARKAROOLA Deon’s Lookout LYNDHURST Deon’s Lookout is a memorial to one of this 4 country’s sons, with peaceful views of the land he AWD loved. COPLEY Oodnadatta Track. Distance 637 km. 4WD SUV LAKE Coongie Lakes The Oodnadatta Track is a hard-based, unsealed road and runs between 7 LEIGH CREEK FROME AWD AWD Marree and Oodnadatta in South Australia. The track has variable conditions Walkers Crossing. Distance4WD SUV 364 km. 4WD SUV H throughout. LAKE Walkers Crossing is more of a track than a road, skirting its way around the Moomba TORRENS gas fields and into the dune country before meeting with the Birdsville Track. This is LAKE FLINDERS RANGES NATIONAL PARK 5 not an easy track. It is a dry-weather-only track and is best suited to travellers with a GAIRDNER strong sense of adventure. WILPENA POUND RESORT The Birdsville Track. Distance 520 km. 4WD AWD SUV ISLAND The Birdsville Track is a hard-based, unsealed road and runs between 8 LAGOON 4WD AWD 4WD AWD Marree in South Australia and Birdsville in Queensland. The road surface Coongie Lakes Road. Distance 115 km4WD eachSUV way. SUV HAWKER can vary, travelling through sand dune country and gibber plains. Be careful Cordillo Downs Historic Woolshed of ponded water after rain. The road out to Coongie Lakes is unsealed with a sandy base. This spectacular This woolshed is located on Cordillo Downs freshwater lake system is located approximately 115 kilometres north-west of Station. It is open to the public to view and Innamincka. The area is located within the Innamincka Regional Reserve, so you will QUORN is worth a stop. Please do not venture into POINTS OF INTEREST the complex unless you require emergency need an access permit. • Lake Harry ruins • Old Mulka ruins assistance. • Clayton Bore campsite • Mungerannie Hotel WADLATA The banks of the lakes are extremely popular for campers during the tourist season. • Cooper Creek • Mirra Mitta Bore Some of the best sunrises in the region can be experienced here. Don’t forget your OUTBACK CENTRE camera! LEGEND 6 PORT AUGUSTA 4WD AWD PHONE 1800 633 060 Strzelecki Track. Distance 456 km. SUV 9 GRAVEL OR DIRT ROADS LAKES, RIVERS, CREEKS AWD AWD 10 Cordillo Downs Road. Distance 424 km. 4WD 4WDSUV SUV 4WD AWD The Strzelecki Track is mostly unsealed, with a few short sealed sections to allow Arrabury Road. SUV SEALED ROADS FOOD & ACCOMMODATION overtaking. It links Innamincka to Lyndhurst, passing through the Strzelecki Desert. Cordillo Downs Road is unsealed and conditions vary greatly, depending on Distance 385 km from Innamincka to the Birdsville Developmental Road junction. DESERT TRACK FUEL local weather and levels of traffic. The countryside is a seemingly endless Take this route and you’ll be travelling in the tracks of Harry Redford, one of the OFF-ROAD, PURPOSE-BUILT The Arrabury Road is a main sealed and unsealed transport road heading north out of SUITABLE FOR 4WD gibber plain but this is, surprisingly, one of Australia’s richest cattle country CARAVANS most colourful and daring drovers in Australian history. This man stole 1,000 cattle Innamincka. 4WD VEHICLES regions. in the 1870s and forged this route through unchartered territory to evade the law. OFF-ROAD, PURPOSE-BUILT Depending on the season, you may come across corrugations, patches of bulldust, This route is a good second option for those heading to Birdsville if the Cordillo Downs CAMPER TRAILERS and stones. Take your time and enjoy the journey. Road is impassable. You will also see some fantastic scenery along the way. AWD SUITABLE FOR AWD SUV SUV VEHICLES WHILE NOT A NECESSITY, ALL-TERRAIN TYRES AND 2 SPARES ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED POINTS OF INTEREST POINTS OF INTEREST POINTS OF INTEREST ON THIS ROUTE. • Montecollina Bore • Cobbler Desert • Dripie Creek • St Ann Range ROAD CONDITION REPORTS • The Dingo Fence • Lake Blanche • Cordillo Downs Historic Woolshed • Burke and Wills Dig Tree The information provided here is of a general nature. Please ensure you check the latest • Blanchewater Homestead Ruins • Moomba Viewing Platform • Cadelga Ruins • Haddon Corner conditions and reports for all routes/tracks you intend to travel. Up-to-date information can be found by visiting www.theoutback.com.au and clicking on our Roads and Conditions link..
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