"Your great Outback escape awaits you. Deep in the heart of wild and isolated country you will find the frontier town of Birdsville. Situated between the eastern edge of the Simpson Desert, the vast gibber plains of the Sturt Stony Desert to the south and rich in Channel Country to the north. It was once … Continue reading Birdsville the Modern Big Smoke
Big Bad Red
Chris was keen to do the run up Big Red. He took an easy track to drop me off at the top, so I could take pics. He lowered tyre pressure even more and went back down. View of the road heading towards Birdsville. View back the way we had come over the Simpson Desert. … Continue reading Big Bad Red
Poeppel Corner
Another one of the markers showing distance, with someone's added creation. We did the slight detour into Poeppel Corner, that's the three corners for us now, great view over the lake. Poepple Corner marks the junction of three states. We popped back onto the small section of French Line to finish it all before hooking onto … Continue reading Poeppel Corner
An Adventure of a lifetime
It's "S Day" we woke feeling a little excited but knew we had a few things to do before we could head down the Birdsville Track to start our Simmo adventure. We spent the morning letting the canvas on the trailer fully dry and moving things between the 2 vehicles that we either didn't need … Continue reading An Adventure of a lifetime
Birdsville
It is 385 km from Windorah to Birdsville and according to our Bossy Betsy GPS it takes 4 1/2hrs. The road for the first 100 odd kms Is a single lane bumpy rough bitumen road. You travel through some very flat treeless landscape with a few sand dunes. 266km from Birdsville you hit the dirt/gravel. For … Continue reading Birdsville
Birdsville and the Birdsville Track
Tues 10th - We woke to a wet foggy morning, we could hear the drip drip drip coming off the branches above us, dripping onto the canvas. Don't think there has been any rain just very heavy fog, at 9.30 it still hasn't lifted. As we don't have the annex up we have retreated into … Continue reading Birdsville and the Birdsville Track
Q – Windmill Rest Area
Windmill Rest Area - OR, F, M, D. Rest area along the Diamantina River. Large dusty area, lots of trees, ground is sloppy in many places. Difficult to access river. Rating – 3
Cooper Creek to Birdsville
Mon 9th - Mmm be good if we could keep this place to ourselves. We woke to the sounds of birds chirping, expecting grey skies we were pleased to see blue sky with fluffy white clouds. There is loads of birds life here, could easy spend the day relaxing by the Cooper taking birds photos. … Continue reading Cooper Creek to Birdsville
Haddon Corner
Thurs - 5/4/12 We had a few problems last night 5kms out of Birdsville that we won't go into but we had the help of a very friendly local named Glenn who helped us out. It wasn't until after 8pm that we were back on the road. Glenn told us we couldn't camp near the … Continue reading Haddon Corner
Cordillo Downs
Wed - 4/4/12 We had windows open all night, it was a still warm night. We woke to a mass of mossie on the other side of the screen near our head trying to get in to bite us. Chris had heard them during the night and said it sounded like a swarm of blow … Continue reading Cordillo Downs