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Outback Desert Tour -Selected Months Only
There are some words that mean remote to those that travel the outback. Marree, William Creek, the Oodnadatta Track, Cobber Pedy Opal, Lake Eyre, The Dog Fence and The Old Ghan Railway are just a few of these words. This tour starts in Adelaide but you get into the serious outback at Marree, the real gateway to outback South Australia. From Marree we follow the route of the Original Ghan Railway and many abandoned
fettlers outposts and sheep stations, past Lake Eyre South and on to William Creek. We travel west from there across the world's biggest cattle station to Coober Pedy, the home of the world's finest opal, a town where many residents live underground to escape the heat of the Australian Summer. From here you travel on the black top through desert country on the Adelaide/Darwin road (The Stuart Highway) back to Adelaide.
The Tour:- Day 1:- Leave Adelaide and head north through the Barossa and Clare Valley with to visits to a winery or two, then continue up through some interesting country towns. We enter the Southern Flinders Rages and spend night one at the lovely bush town of Quorn.
Day 2:- There's no need for a rush start today, we have a day made for the photographer as we head north
following the ancient landscape of the Flinders Ranges, one of the oldest mountain ranges on the Earth . We visit the ruins of stations, farms and towns as we follow the old rail north into the serious outback. At Lyndhurst we pass the Strzelecki Track turnoff to Innamincka and leave the black top as we head to Marree, our overnight stay.Day 3:- Continuing on our journey we have the choice of two roads: turn right it's a long 500k ride through pure desert country up the Birdsville Track to Birdsville in
Queensland but we turn left and follow the route of the Old Ghan railway line past Lake Eyre South to William Creek. This is our road and the day is spent on the internationally known Oodnadatta Track to be in one of Australia's most recognised outback pubs, the William Creek Hotel.Day 4:- Today is not a long riding day, but could well be the most significant of our tour. It's just 166km to Coober Pedy. On the way west we will stop off for lunch at Lake
Cadibarrawirracanna. This is not a particularly significant stop except the name. How could you go within 6km of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna (the longest place name in Australia) and not stop for a visit. By early afternoon you're ready to explore Coober Pedy, a town like no other in the entire world. Day 5:- It's a long ride down the Stuart Highway from Coober Pedy to
Woomera. Keep your eyes open, whilst this appears to be barren desert country there is so much to see. By mid afternoon we'll be at Woomera, home of Australia's rocket experiments for many years but today a modern ghost town. A walk around the town before settling down for the night you'll find most interesting.
Day 6:- We head back to Adelaide with a stop at the Wadlata Outback Centre at Port Augusta on the way. All going to plan we'll be back in Adelaide by mid to late afternoon.
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