From Roxby Downs we headed up to Lake Eyre for a day drive…
Driving around here, the roads can be a bit challenging, but it’s all part of the adventure.
A couple of stops along the way, to stretch the legs
Parts of the Oodnadatta track, were a bit corrugated, but not as bad as we expected.
Our next stop was Lake Eyre South. Happy to say we’ve seen it, but nothing spectacular.
It’s exciting when you see a waterhole on these dry dusty roads, so we pulled up for a pic.
Our next break was to have a look around the remains of an old railway siding and take some happy snaps.
Further along the dusty track we called into Coward Springs. And no, I didn’t go for a dip
We paid our money but didn’t use the dunny, haha !
Had a quick look through the little museum,
A couple of aerial photos, complements of Guys drone.,of the old Ghan railway line and bridge, which access to is now shut.
Then we came across Mound Springs. Water all the way from Queensland, bubbling up in the middle of the desert.
The bubbler spring, further down the road was even more impressive. As the water bubbled up it made lovely patterns on the pond. Nice.
Back on the dry dusty track again we came across more salt lakes.
A short stop for a look around Mutonia Peace Park. Lots of objects made out of pieces of junk, no doubt collected off the roadside.
No sure what sort of mushroom type things these are, they were also in the park. Bit different eh!
We got back to our camp outside Roxby after one very big day out.
Moving on, we headed for Cooper Peedy, A stop for a look at Lake Heart, proved to be more interesting than our Lake Eyre viewing.
It had been another long day, so only a couple more break before we did the last leg of the trip into Coober Pedy.
A stop for a cuppa and fuel at Glendambo roadhouse.
A couple of fun pics as we entered town, then down to the free camp to get our sites for the next few days.
The camping area is behind the Old Timers Mine, it’s very rustic and in a cutting on the side of a hill.
That’s it for now xx