Dingoes

The dingos are pretty timid. The most harm they will do out there is take your shoes away in the middle of the night, so make sure that sort of stuff is packed away at night.

We camped on the Cooper about 15 Km out of Innamika and one of the girls was stalked (at a distance) by a dog when she went out for a Pee. Very bright moon lit night so she went a distance to find a shrub. She said the dog just seemed to want to have a look and she did not feel under any threat.
Vince

We have camped out that way a bit. My favourite part of the country. The only place I have seen dingoes was at the tip at Innamincka.

I guess that means they are out there, I have seen other evidence of them too but they have never proven to be a problem.

Keeping your camp tidy, ie rubbish out of the way, food stored properly in lockable containers is good practice anywhere.

We have been attacked by possums and returned to camp to find the crows having a field day in our rubbish. I lay in bed one night in the Blue Mountains and watched as a possum carefully tried to undo the latch on the eski. He seemed to know what it was and had some idea of how it worked. He fled when I shone the torch on him. I moved the eski inside the car.

Duncs

We were camped at Mungerannie about 4 weeks ago. Heard Dingos calling in the distance but none approached the camp that we were aware of. Had our food and scraps inside the wagon just in case.

cheers
T.R.

Over the last few years we have heard dingoes just before dawn at Innamincka and Coongie. We saw tracks around our camp at Cullyamurra waterhole. It was quite exciting and sends a shiver up your spine. Wifey needed to cuddle up real close!

Kingo

bloody dingos damn things roam around camp pinching crib bags and bots outside your door, they howl anfd fight keeping you awake. hey have no fear and prowl up to within a couple of metres
- cantg understand the fascination - they are just a feral dog. If you dont think they are feral I suppse you will be caling for the protection of canetoads in 3000 years time

Camped on the Town Common at Innamincka back in 2005. A dingo roamed around the sites one night, didn't bother anyone that i heard of. Just have to be sure to keep stuff away from their prying noses, they are very smart critters.

I saw a few in the surrounding countryside while we were travelling. They didn't like the Shu-Roo much :)

G'day Janet,

We tented it in all those areas last year. Not a problem until we spent a night on Cordillo Downs Station.

Between the Corellas during the day and Dingo's at night we didn't get much sleep.

Other than that no problems

Regards

Rolande

Many thanks everyone for the advice. We are really excited and hope we do see and hear some. It all adds to the atmosphere. Janet

I was told several years ago about a person, who camped in the bush a lot where their were dingos had a good way of moving them on.

He set up a 12 volt electric fence unit to a piece of tin, placed on some boards or dead branches to insulate it. On the tin he tied some bones. When the dingos put their front feet on the tin they get a charge. They take off howling and don`t return.

I don`t know how the greenies will like this, but it sure works.

In 1993 we travelled Birdsville, Camerons Corner & eventually to the Olgas & the Rock. The Dingoes are not scared of you. We slepped in Swags for 5 weeks and one night the Dingoes stole 2 pairs of walking boots from right beside our swags. We did not realise until we awoke.

I would only worry about them if I was a dead steer. Then I wouldn't be able to worry.

Hey Janet

We got back from Innamincka about a week ago (brief report coming soon). It was going to be my first experience with dingos and I was looking forward to it. My wife wasn't too much as she had Lindy running through her mind with our 1 and 2 year old girls.

We camped on the Cooper for 4 nights (Policemans waterhole) There was no moon to speak of. We heard and saw nothing until we went to bed, then 3 or 4 times during the night we were woken by the dingos howling (like wolves) only within a hundred metres or so from our camp. The seemed to be communicating with one another, one would howl from one direction, another from another direction, and usually a 3rd or 4th. It was an eerie, haunting experience which everyone enjoyed. There were no barks/yaps or fights. We had no idea that they had come right into camp until we found a rubbish bag which had been placed right at the back of the box of our camper trailer had been pulled out and gone through. The dingo had been right under our bed in the trailer! Another had eaten through a plastic bag I left on the ground containing spare guy ropes!

I am disappointed we didn't see any, the kiddies were disappointed too (we also saw no roos, very few emus, no wombats, mainly cows and sheep on the trip! Must have something to do with all the rain there lately.

Pack up camp at night, put everything away (even non foot items like boots!), listen and enjoy the experience. The dingos howling were awsome and a hi-light of our trip. Hope this helps

D-Jack