Geographical Centre of Simpson Desert

Hello, we need to 'have a chat'.

G'day Ruth,
You can get me at rickmooreatpacificdotnetdotau

Yep that cleared line was the only driveable one we came across.

As you say, better to make your own tracks than to follow along the 'cleared lines' of 1966....lol

David, The line that you see on the Topo Maps is in very good codition. Head further north, up that cleared line, take the shot line to your left. Follow this through to the west for a number a kms, then use the swales for the best run through in the Simpson. We were there also in May. If you try to go cross country from that good shot line, I would say that with all the new live sand on the dunes, it will be near impossible this season. Email me if you need some waypoints.

Stephen

Hi Stephen,

Not quite sure what you mean with your directions, but I think you went about where I was intending to.
We were going to head up from the Erabena well to a claypan we visited some years ago, to retrive a sign we left there (this is a slightly NNE route). Then head up a swale to the old roughly SW / NE shot line and follow to the roughly NW / SE shot line to adjacent the centre then cut accross.
I figured we would not be able to head West at all, so we were going to follow a swale from the centre, back to the french line.
Any other info/waypoints etc would be appreciated.
davidta "at" bigpond.net.au
Thanks

Sorry Noel In " In search of Antiquity"

You can email me through my website and I will let you know

G'day signman

Wasn't me....LOL

Warren Bonython and Dennis Bartell agreed upon and gave me the co-ordinates. I do think that Warren told me how they calculated it but my memory fails me on the parameters of that one.

The Simpson itself can almost reach right to the Gibson Desert in the west as sand dunes are prevalent right through Central Australia. In the east however Birdsville would most likely be a cut off point. Not sure of north and south boundaries.