Reflections on the Oodnadatta Track
Now that we are long off the track it is good to look back. I was really looking forward to roughing it with corrugated roads, river crossings, camping out with campfires, seeing the wildlife around lake Eyre and seeing parts of Oz that not many do.
Well, the track was all those and more. However a punctured tyre spoiled taking a few extra side trips to see the water around Lake Eyre. Out here the isolation is exhilarating yet if you don't have the correct equipment it can be a real problem. In the three days we were on the Oodnadatta Track we met a few people at different stops but that was it!! William Creek was where we had our tyre replaced ($330 for an unknown brand new tyre) and petrol was $2.20 a litre. The third day on the Track we passed not one car. The only sign of life was a group of young jack/jillaroos herding cattle on bikes and an ultra light plane.
Well, the track was all those and more. However a punctured tyre spoiled taking a few extra side trips to see the water around Lake Eyre. Out here the isolation is exhilarating yet if you don't have the correct equipment it can be a real problem. In the three days we were on the Oodnadatta Track we met a few people at different stops but that was it!! William Creek was where we had our tyre replaced ($330 for an unknown brand new tyre) and petrol was $2.20 a litre. The third day on the Track we passed not one car. The only sign of life was a group of young jack/jillaroos herding cattle on bikes and an ultra light plane.
