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September 17th 2020
Published: September 17th 2020
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After three days in Uluru with barely a cloud in the sky, Sunday morning was a surprise. It was cool and cloudy, and the clouds were dark enough to suggest rain. I was going to be driving on dirt roads and camping for the next few days, so I didn’t want that. As I drove east on the Lasseter Highway, I seemed to outrun it at first. But I turned south on the Stuart Highway so by the time I reached... Read Full Entry



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Algebuckina BridgeAlgebuckina Bridge
Algebuckina Bridge

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruinsOld Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruinsOld Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruinsOld Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Peake Copper Mine SmelterOld Peake Copper Mine Smelter
Old Peake Copper Mine Smelter

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Olde Peake StationOlde Peake Station
Olde Peake Station

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruinsOld Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins
Old Peake Telegraph Repeater Station ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
ABC BayABC Bay
ABC Bay

Lake Eyre, South Australia
WildflowersWildflowers
Wildflowers

Lake Eyre, South Australia
Lake EyreLake Eyre
Lake Eyre

South Australia
Campsite at Halligan BayCampsite at Halligan Bay
Campsite at Halligan Bay

Lake Eyre, South Australia
Strangways Historic Site RuinsStrangways Historic Site Ruins
Strangways Historic Site Ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Strangways Historic Site RuinsStrangways Historic Site Ruins
Strangways Historic Site Ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Old Telegraph PoleOld Telegraph Pole
Old Telegraph Pole

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Cemetary at Strangways Historic Site RuinsCemetary at Strangways Historic Site Ruins
Cemetary at Strangways Historic Site Ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Mound Spring at Strangways Historic SIte RuinsMound Spring at Strangways Historic SIte Ruins
Mound Spring at Strangways Historic SIte Ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Beresford Siding ruinsBeresford Siding ruins
Beresford Siding ruins

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Beresford Bore water towerBeresford Bore water tower
Beresford Bore water tower

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
The Bubbler Mound SpringThe Bubbler Mound Spring
The Bubbler Mound Spring

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Mutonia Sculpture ParkMutonia Sculpture Park
Mutonia Sculpture Park

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Mutonia Sculpture ParkMutonia Sculpture Park
Mutonia Sculpture Park

Oodnadatta Track, South Australia



17th September 2020

Very impressive and some great photography - bit hard to understand how they got the name 'painted desert' - very innovative - NOT!!!
17th September 2020

Thanks
Australian place names are a bit like that at times. Another good reason to revert to indigenous names.
18th September 2020
Blanche Cup Mound Spring

Lovely photo
The green really contrast the backdrop.
18th September 2020

All the dusty parts
Truly off the beaten path. I can understand why they had trouble deciding what to do about their car trouble. Now you need to start packing a pen and a swimsuit. We took the train from Sydney to Perth. We'd like to come back and do Darwin to Adelaide. Very cool looking at the old tracks. MJ
18th September 2020

I know!
I actually did have a pen, but I just thought his was more accessible. I was kicking myself about the swimming trunks. Would have been easy to include them!
19th September 2020
Old Old Ghan Line

Old Old Ghan Line
What a great image. Hard to think this is an old railway line with the sleepers near buried. Is that the Dingo Fence?
19th September 2020
Old Old Ghan Line

Unfortunately not
It's just a property fence... Would be an awesome 2 for 1 if it was!

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