Saturday 7th July - Sunday 8th July 2012 - The Birdsville Track

We left Birdsville and it didn’t take long for us to leave QLD and head into SA again. The track was reasonably good alothough there were areas that were really dug up by trucks driving through when the road was wet and muddy. The biggest surprise was how green it was. 

Water on the Birdsville Track

We even saw some pretty mixtures of flowers! They looked like everlastings and some sort of daisy. There was also quite a bit of water around off the tracks.

We made our way to our overnight stop – The Mungeranie Hotel. They had some hot springs there which were fun to soak in after a day in the car. The girls and I wisely had a warm shower afterwards – something Ed should of done as after this he started getting a cold. The very cold nights did not help! Thank God we have thermals otherwise we would be very cold!

Ed and the kids in the thermal pool

We continued down the track the next day towards Maree. Along the way we unfortunately had a puncture of one of the trailer tyres (bummer) but it was a nice day down to the end of the track.

When we got into Maree we booked a flight fo Tuesday afternoon over Lake Eyre. It’s something that I have wanted to do and although it isn’t full of water I was still keen to do it.
That night we camped out at Muloorina Station which is 50km north of Maree - closer to Lake Eyre. We camped next to a lovely waterhole for a couple of nights.

What a nice place to be!