New member and a few questions

Hi all,

Just joined today, I find this whole site to be extremely informative and very interesting, a great travelers guide!

I am from Whyalla, SA and in October last year my husband and I purchased a brand new Ford PX Ranger, seven months on and we have nearly clocked over 22,500kms and that's just traveling around this state! We have only in the last few years developed a taste for camping and we are slowly building up our resources including a dual battery system, electric fridge/freezer etc...... We currently camp out in a tent, but are saving money for an off road camper trailer.

We plan to do the Oodnadatta track in September 2015, as the Ranger is not a 4 x 4 and being fairly inexperienced we didn't want to tackle the Birdsville Track at this stage. We are very interested in the Far North of SA and I myself am a big fan of John McDouall Stuart and what he achieved throughout this country.

Just a few questions about the Oodnadatta track. Is the Pink Roadhouse still open? I know that the owner tragically died a few years back and his wife was in the process of selling the whole outfit.

Is there anything road wise we should be worried about, I have read that it is graded fairly regularly and it's accessible to most vehicles, but just wanted to do my research first, in case of sandy areas, bad corrugations etc..

And finally, is September a good time to go, or is there a better month to consider?

I look forward to hearing from you all and I look forward to reading and learning more about camping in this great land of ours.

Thanks and cheers

Virginia and Rob