Travelling to Lake Eyre North from Adelaide

The best way or the quickest?

The quickest way is up the bitumen to Coober Pedy, then out the William Creek track to William Creek.
From there you can drive out to Halligan Bay to view the Lake.
It's a great drive whether the Lake is wet or dry at that spot.
Halligan Bay claims the lowest point below sea level in Australia.

Then you could drive along the Oodnadatta Track towards Marree and drive out to Muloorina if you wish.

This would give you two chances and provide a good round trip, road conditions allowing of course.

There is also the option of a plane flight from William Creek with WrightsAir.

Expect many travellers at this time, but the caravan park at W.C. should be able to cope.

Bill

The two access points for the lake present very different landscapes. You are more likely to see water at Halligans Bay but don't hold your breath. I found the access from Muloorina very interesting from the historical perspective. A man named Campbell took a car called the Bluebird there in the early 60's

We drove out to both access points in 2001 when their was a lot of media hipe obout the lake filling and the amazing bird life.

We did see water but I felt sorry for all those I saw carrying boats and as for the bird life, we saw 2 crows.

It was a great trip and I would do it again but don't believe all you see in the media about a full lake.

Duncs

We are headed that way with our 4 Corners Explorer, to see the water in May. As we are unlikely to see water from the shore, we will be flying out from William Creek, but camping at Muloorina. The campsite on the bore at Muloorina is a great spot, if a bit of a drive to the lake shore, but well worth it in my view. The word is the water level i the lake should peak in about 6 weeks. I don't expect you will see much from the shores, but a flight would be worth it.

Jamie Durie did a segment for Ch 7 Sunday night show and the lake looked to be well and truly full and people had boats and yachts on it so you must be able to drive to the shores.

If you are wanting a flight give Trevor Wright at William Ck a call to see how busy they are as plane availability may be an issue during the peak season. But I can guarantee that the flight is the only way to experience Lake Eyre full

Regards

RobA