Kevin
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NSW Subaru Club Hay River Track into the Simpson Desert and the QAA line into Birdsville with my Mitsubishi Triton (AKA L200).......but.......
My run from Sydney to Broken Hill with a couple of overnight stops was uneventful. It was nice to reach “BIG SKY COUNTRY” between Cobar and Broken Hill.

Met up with the group in Broken Hill and all had dinner together at the Astra Hotel where the food was good.


From Broken Hill we made our way south to the Flinders Ranges and then up the Oodnadatta Track with a stop at Leigh Creek for fuel.
Onto Farina Ruins where a new building has sprung up since I was last there.


A quick peek at Lake Eyre South; mainly salt!

We camped at Coward Springs where the springs were luke warm and, like most of this trip, the flies were bloody annoying and the most I’ve seen out here. Probably won’t come out here at this time of year again.

Just as well we had a nice camp fire at Coward Springs as this helped keep the plentiful mozzies away.

Our next stop was at Strangeways Springs which is a heritage conservation area on Anna Creek Station. The place was once a reasonable establishment with a telegraph station, a station manager’s house and a police station circa 1886.

We then took the track out to Lake Eyre, about 60Ks each way and such a terrible track that some agreed we would never attempt it again.

By the time we got back to William Creek I had a small split in the bottom of the main fuel tank which was leaking; rubbed it with soap and then stuck some aluminium tape over the top.
Our next camp was at an Old Ghan station and apart from the flies, a very pleasant stop-over.


Our “happy-hour” nibbles had to be strategically placed in the path of the fire smoke to defeat the flies! Smoked cheese is great!

My run from Sydney to Broken Hill with a couple of overnight stops was uneventful. It was nice to reach “BIG SKY COUNTRY” between Cobar and Broken Hill.

Met up with the group in Broken Hill and all had dinner together at the Astra Hotel where the food was good.


From Broken Hill we made our way south to the Flinders Ranges and then up the Oodnadatta Track with a stop at Leigh Creek for fuel.
Onto Farina Ruins where a new building has sprung up since I was last there.


A quick peek at Lake Eyre South; mainly salt!

We camped at Coward Springs where the springs were luke warm and, like most of this trip, the flies were bloody annoying and the most I’ve seen out here. Probably won’t come out here at this time of year again.

Just as well we had a nice camp fire at Coward Springs as this helped keep the plentiful mozzies away.

Our next stop was at Strangeways Springs which is a heritage conservation area on Anna Creek Station. The place was once a reasonable establishment with a telegraph station, a station manager’s house and a police station circa 1886.

We then took the track out to Lake Eyre, about 60Ks each way and such a terrible track that some agreed we would never attempt it again.

By the time we got back to William Creek I had a small split in the bottom of the main fuel tank which was leaking; rubbed it with soap and then stuck some aluminium tape over the top.
Our next camp was at an Old Ghan station and apart from the flies, a very pleasant stop-over.


Our “happy-hour” nibbles had to be strategically placed in the path of the fire smoke to defeat the flies! Smoked cheese is great!

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