Oodnadatta to Cooper Pedy, which way?
Submitted: Monday, Mar 05, 2007 at 20:51
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Snowy 3.0iTD
Going from
Oodnadatta to Cooper Pedy, do I go direct, via
Cadney Park, or via
Marla, which is the most scenic and interesting?
Thanks in Advance
Snowy
Reply By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 05:24
Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 05:24
Do not forget to drop in on
the Painted desert, and spend some time there.
Mt Batterby
lookout and the Moon Plane are worth a look in itself, you turn off to Arkaringa Station ( to Cagney Park ) on basically the main Oddna - Cooper Pedy
There is a gr8 camping spot at the Station itself, and the Manager even supplies wood,
well worth a couple of days there ,,, we did and will be heading back there on our next trip
Cheers Mate
Bucky
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:57
Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:57
Yep - early and late in the day,
the painted desert is fabulous - beautiful colours in the washed soil down the sides of the hills (can still be enjoyed with the sun up high though) - also, at the western end of this drive about 35km from the Stuart Hwy, there are some great flat topped hills, and tree lined creeks around Copper Hills Station (probably vacant at present). I loved those copper topped hills - a bloke who used to own CHS told me that the copper tops were actually the petrified mud floor of an inland ocean - there are fossils of course to back him up - there is jasper laying around the place too (hard, glassy marble like
rock chips).
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