Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 at 15:59
Ditto for what the others have said.
We camped at "Curra-something Waterhole" (I always get it mixed up with
Currawinya National Park in Southern Qld...!)
Paid our fees.
Very unhappy for what we got for our fees.
A loo.
All that money...$10 for vehicle entry, plus the fee for 2 nights...almost $50!
A huge 8 hour storm hit on night one. No warning posted in town about the pending storm, and we passed the Trading Post twice that day. Normally I'd be "yeh,
well it's the outback...not too many people in town to do all these little jobs" but there was a
ranger in town!
Our tent was shredded. On 2 sides, our walls and floor were only joined by about 1/4...the rest was trendy open plan!
When we arrived in
Birdsville 2 nights later, we were told that Neale (
Birdsville ciop) had received warning of the storm and had done the rounds of town to alert all.
No such service for our camping fees at
Innamincka.
And ironically, we only paid $5 per night extra at
Birdsville.
I know, you can argue of the serenity of
bush camping in
Innamincka, but it was pretty darn good in the unpowered sites by the billabong in
Birdsville, too!
Highly recommend the sights and history of the
Innamincka area, but good luck finding which track leads out to
Birdsville and how far the dump is (they're not great on signs) -we carried our rubbish most of the way to
Birdsville until we saw a bin!
Camp at the town common. It looked as nice and it was a fraction of the cost.
Enjoy your trip in a delightfully different area.
:)
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