Blogs from Marree, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Jane took flight today ... over the lowest region in Australia, Lake Eyre. Back on the Oodnadatta Track it was onto Cowards Springs, an oasis in the desert. A short trip of 72km where Jane enjoyed the warm natural mineral water spa for the perfect soak. The date scones here were sensational.We headed for the banks of Lake Eyre South planning on camping, however our plans were dashed as the signs said camping prohibited ... I would have camped (who was coming out here to check?) but Jane is one for following the rules!!So, Marree it was. Marree has 3 of the major outback tracks springing out from it ... Oodnadatta, Birdsville and Stezlecki. It was packed with people heading to our destination, Birdsville for the Big Red Bash.A problem with the rear door mechanism of ... read more

Day 5 Port Augusta to Marree (via Borefield-Oodnadatta track) A bit of an easier day km-wise (450), so we had time in the morning to grab a few items at the shops, fill our supposedly “full” gas bottles. Temperature this morning was 6.2 degs - feels like 1.2 degs. Even the locals were commenting on how cold the wind was. We set off into a howling head-wind and seemed to be forever going uphill - absolutely killed the full economy. We then veered off at Pimba after a P stop and headed towards Woomera - the town base servicing a prohibited military testing and evaluation facility (did someone say Area 51?). Driving around the town was really quite interesting as they have put on display in public areas a lot of old military and rocket artifacts. ... read more

Hey everyone, We have finally reached a blog 702 that has taken us over 1 Million words, how about that. As I write this little snippet, we are sitting "Again" in the Marree Hotel and doing some internet, why well you will just have to read the blogs that we are trying to post, (Just crossed the Simpson Desert) huge adventure, but don't ley Caroline know I have told you. Kj... read more

We are so fortunate and excited!!! We have managed to book ourselves on a Flight over Lake Eyre this morning at 10am. .......The flight was fantastic although, about 20 minutes in to the flight I suddenly wanted to get out of the small plane!!! I controlled my sudden nervousness and enjoyed the rest of the flight. Steve and I were surprised and very happy to see water in the Lakes. We first flew over Lake Harry and saw quite a lot of birdlife, no pelicans though. There were swans and ducks. We then flew over Lake Eyre South and then up to the beginnings of Lake Eyre North. The flight took an hour and a half. We could also see the Birdsville Track, Oodnadatta Track and the dog fence. "The dog fence was built to stop ... read more

Waking up somewhere as beautiful as Parachilna Gorge is never a hardship. The morning had a chill so we huddled around the fire toasting bread and heating water for coffee on the fire before rolling up our swags and packing up camp. Before we left we decided we should have a quick bushwalk around the area because even Ian had never been there before. One thing I that love about the Heading Bush company and it's attitude is that each tour is different and the itinerary is never set in stone. Obviously there is an outline but if something comes up that causes the route to change, or the group is more interestied in something that is not usually covered, the bruck heads offroad and goes somewhere different. On our first day Ian said to us ... read more