Left Saturday and dodged an emu dashing across the road, then missed 2 kangaroos ( 1 after the other) on our way through Bunyeroo & Brachina Gorges. Caught up with Marty, Sally & Tahlia who were doing the same view stops as us along with way. Brachina Gorge had all the different sandstone cliffs that loomed high above. Went through Leigh Creek (the town the Coal Mining Company paid to move). All the houses were the same - just a different garden. Had lunch at Copley. Finally hit the Oodnadatta Track just outside Maree. Boy it sure is bumpy compared to the bitumen! Couldn’t make it to William Creek, so decided to stay at Coward Springs. Arrived about 7pm. Set up and lit the fire and had jaffles, toast & mud cake for tea. The firewood
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