Looking for advise Re Strzelecki track

Malleerv posted:

Thanks Bill, Will be keeping an eye on the track closures and weather as the departure time gets closer.

Do you know if there is a track from the Birdsville track over to the Strzelecki? or is heading back to Lyndhurst the best option.

Cheers Matt

Skippype posted:

If the track you are talking about from Birdsville track to the Strez track is the one that goes via Walkers Crossing forget it. Walkers Crossing will not be open for a while yet.
Skip

Malleerv posted:

Skipypype, I was looking for a crossing south of cooper creek across to the strzelecki track. I realize the track through the cooper basin would be closed and will not be heading that far north anyway.

Cheers for your response, Matt

Malleerv posted:

Thanks Stephen. Thats good news. We wont be traveling that fast. I want to enjoy the time out there as you never no when you might get back.

I see you have been up to the cooper creek crossing. Is there places to camp along side the cooper on the Marree side?

Cheers matt

Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) posted:

Hi Matt
Yes our first nights camp out on the Cooper was in fact on the southern side (Marree side). When you get to the ferry detour sigh, keep going on the graded Birdsville Track. You will only be able to go as far as the M V Tom Brennan Memorial. From there you can drive right down to the waters edge.

We camped about 1 kilometre to the east of here on high ground in the trees. There is lots of timber for a good camp fire and easy to drive in. It is mostly small gibber, but very easy to make your way to a good camp site.

From our camp we could see many vehicles coming in to see the water from this side of the Birdsville Track.

Just past Etadunna Station, you will come to the ferry and detour sign. Drive straight through and it is about 20 odd kilometres to the actual crossing. You van will be able to get through, as there is a Highways camp near the Brennan site and 2 graders head out from there every day.

Have a great time and make sure that you see the flooded Cooper.

Cheers

Stephen

Keep going past the detour sign for the MV Tom Brennan site

The end of the Birdsville Track where the Cooper has cut it

Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) posted:

Hi Matt
Another important thing I should have also mentioned is keep you fuel supplies low providing you are diesel, as the cheapest fuel anywhere in the area is at The Lyndhurst Hotel, where diesel is only $1.42 per litre compared to $1.77 at Marree.

Cheers

Stephen

Malleerv posted:

Thanks again Stephen.
Yep have a diesel Patrol. $1.42 is quite reasonable considering we pay between $1.30 and $1.45 here and we are only 160km from Adelaide.

Did you fish while you camped on the cooper?

Cheers Matt

Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) posted:

Hi Matt
When we purchased, these were the following prices for Diesel fuel


Clare $1.29

Hawker $1.40

Leigh Creek $1.50

Marree $1.77 (We never actually purchased, but that was the Price)

Lyndhurst $1.42

We did not go fishing, but were told that there are lots of fish, but they are all very small.


Cheers

Stephen