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Birdsville, 3.27kms SE (4.0kms, 3mins driving)
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Innamincka, 243.89kms NW (506kms, 8hrs 42mins driving)
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Windorah, 332.87kms W (382kms, 4hrs 54mins driving)
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Boulia, 338.34kms S (385kms, 4hrs 53mins driving)
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Closest Weather Station
Birdsville at 15:00 08 Nov EST
Distance from Birdsville Tk & Birdsville Dev Rd 3.86km NW
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 38.8°C |
36.1°C |
13% |
5.4°C |
1013.4hPa |
0.0mm |
S |
9km/h
5knots |
15km/h
8knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Moomba Airport
Distance from Birdsville Tk & Birdsville Dev Rd 255.6km S
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
38.3 | 37.0 | 34.0 | 29.2 |
23.5 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 22.5 |
27.4 | 29.9 | 34.1 | 36.4 |
| Mean Min. °C |
24.5 | 23.8 | 20.5 | 15.9 |
10.8 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 8.4 |
12.7 | 15.8 | 19.5 | 22.2 |
| Mean Rain mm |
16.9 | 25.3 | 10.8 | 7.8 |
10.8 | 11.3 | 18.7 | 4.8 |
14.4 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 16.1 |
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Trek Notes
Birdsville Track
The Birdsville Track runs south from Birdsville to Maree and passes through the Sturt Stony Desert. It is an extremely remote region but is strikingly beautiful in its harshness.
Cordillo Downs
This is the main route from Innamincka to Birdsville. The track is about 420km and conditions vary greatly. The countryside is a seemingly endless gibber plain but this is Australia's prime cattle country - the Channel Country.
Walkers Crossing
Route for driving between Birdsville and Innamincka through the flood plain country of the nothern overlow of the Cooper Creek before rising onto the Sturt Stony Desert on the Birdsville Track.
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Recommended Reading
SG5405 Birdsville
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
Birdsville & Strzelecki Tracks
This magnificent area of outback Australia stretches from Betoota in the north, through Birdsville and south to Marree. The map also covers routes from Birdsville to Innamincka and Cameron Corner to Tibooburra in NSW, a popular entry point to this region north of Broken Hill.
Birdsville & Strzelecki Tracks - Digital Map
This magnificent area of outback Australia stretches from Betoota in the north, through Birdsville and south to Marree. The map also covers routes from Birdsville to Innamincka and Cameron Corner to Tibooburra in NSW, a popular entry point to this region north of Broken Hill.
Birdsville: My Year in the Back of Beyond
For a town with seventy residents (on a good day), Birdsville is remarkably well known – the Birdsville Track, the rodeo, the pub, the infamous races. With its ruggedness, inaccessibility and larrikin charm, this small town on the edge of the Simpson Desert has become a symbol of the great Australian outback.
4WD Strzelecki, Birdsville and Oodnadatta Tracks
- 4WD Strzelecki, Birdsville and Oodnadatta Tracks
- Detailed map coverage of Strzelecki, Birdsville & Oodnadatta Tracks and the Birdsville Developmental Road
- Descriptions of the 4WD route to follow, specific directions, latitiude and longitude co-ordinates and distances
- Editorial on "The Best of" for each route, planning and preparati
Mailman of the Birdsville Track
the story of TOM KRUSE
The Birdsville Track is one of the best known, and loneliest tracks in Australia. Tom Kruse was the mailman along this route for a total of twenty years intermittently between the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's, battling everything from searing heat and floods to mechanical breakdown.
Birdsville Track - The Outback Travellers Guide
Series 1
Fourteen stripmaps break the Birdsville Track into identifiable sections giving travellers information on regional roads, fuel, water, landmarks, accommodation, GPS co-ordinates and much more. Each strip is accompanied by photographs of scenes along that section of track.
North Simpson Desert - Outback Travellers Guide
The North Simpson Desert Map Guide is primarily concerned with Dr. Cecil Madigan's track across the Simpson Desert from Old Andado to Birdsville. This area is not for the faint hearted, it demands expertise in 4wd handling, recovery knowledge and experience in dealing with extremely remote conditions.
