Big Bash 2019

Not my cup of tea either, but It's actually a nice income earner for surrounding country town's as that swarm of people make thier way to the event. I spoke to the lady running the Thargomindah servo days after this year's bash had ended, and she was blown away by how much fuel (and I assume food) they had sold the previous few weeks, it was much more then they expected to sell apparently....she said they'd be better prepared for next year (was also school holiday period aswell mind you, so not just bash traffic). The bash is not my cup of tea, but is a needed money spinner for some....hanging out there in a crowd of thousands versus us sitting a top Big Red watching the sunset over The Simpson, alone with just one other family we were travelling with....i know what I prefer.

I like the new camp kitchen at the caravan park, it's a cracker. But I got to use it with just a few other travelers. I'd hate to be there when the bash is on!

Imagine all of those people on driving dirt roads at the same time! Not my cup of tea either!

Bash or the the races means avoiding the whole area, but in saying that I tend to ignore Birdsville anyway. It's not that interesting and is basically a fuel stop for us.

There's some stuff to see at / around Birdsville.... get Don Rowlands to give you a tour at The Two Boys Dreaming site, there's a Burke and Wills tree to visit, check out the dingo caves just out of town as you head to Bedourie (also the Waddi tree is there where you turn off) drive out to Big Red and watch the sunset from a top off it, or maybe do a flight over The Simpson to give a great perspective of the dunes running parallel. We did all of the above there over several days on a trip that had Birdsville as our main destination before turning around to head back home, i'd been there 3 times previous but never spent time looking around the town and surrounds.