Coongie Lakes to Birdsville Track. Shortcut?
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 at 07:33
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Is there a shortcut from
Coongie lakes across to the
Birdsville Track without going back to
Innamincka?
One map I have shows a track from
Kudriemitchie Outstation across to the
Walkers Crossing PAR. Is that navigable and are there other tracks that I could use. Assuming
Cooper Creek isn't flowing of course.
Reply By: Ozhumvee - Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 at 09:23
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 at 09:23
There used to be but since becoming a NP access has been closed, you have to go back to
Innamincka these days.
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian, SA - Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 at 11:42
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013 at 11:42
So near, yet so far......its only 30k across to the Walker's Crossing track but imagine the flogging that track would get if open. With Coongie recognised in the Ramsar Convention, also a world
heritage site plus national park and an IBA (Important Bird Area ) one point access probably has merit.... it's pastoral lease country anyway. I recall my dismay some years back when we did a 100k round trip to the B&W Dig Tree from
our camp at the eastern end of the
Cullyamurra waterhole - I realised later while looking at a map that we were camped only 12k from the tree.
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