Oodnadatta track - how many days did you take

Check out Oodnadatta Track on the ' Treks' section. Good info there.
There are a lot of things to visit just off the Track, so study your maps, check out the Pink roadhouse website for POIs. and have a good time.

How long is a piece of string????????

It could take a day or it could take a week, it all depends on what you want to do and see.

If you wanted to you could get the whole thing done and dusted in a day and a half, if you belt along and see or do nothing.

We travelled from Cadney Road house via Painted Desert to Oodnadatta then south to Marree in a day with a caravan. Didn't see too much apart from the view out of the window, but we were pressed for time.

Like I said it's all up to you.

Take a few days, visit Lake Eyre at Halligan Bay, have a beer in the William Creek pub and a dip in the thermal pool at Coward Springs.
One of our favorite camp spots is Berrisford.
Historically, this is one of the most interesting desert routes in Australia.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

2 full days to get a brief look at most attractions along the way. An extra day would get you out to Lake Eyre & a fourth day would allow for a nice slow trip or plane flight out from William creek. 6 hours high speed transit.
Camps at Farina, Coward springs & Algebuckina are all good with great photograhy to be had around any of the old railway ruins at sunset.
Cheers Craig.................

Beautiful area ,well worth the effort,we travelled through there in december and spent NYE in coward spring with a sunset to beat any fire works display. Can be a bit rough but generally pretty good road.The bit from marla to oodndatta is well maintained.The owners of the pink roadhouse are most helpful and have a lot of info to give travellers.Take it easy and youll be fine.

When we last travelled the Oodnadatta Track with our good friends, we started at Oodnadatta (having come from Coober Pedy via the Painted Desert, but chose to camp at Algebuckina Waterhole rather than Oodnadatta. From here we travelled to William Creek and decided to stay two nights, planning to travel out to Halligan bay.
The lady in the Dingo Cafe, which was the place where you booked your stay in the Caravan Park, was somewhat amazed (or perhaps amused) that we wanted to camp for two nights.
After the trip out to Halligan Bay and back, we called in to the Wrightsair office and after speaking to Trevor, had booked a two flight package deal that was irresistible. One flight in the late afternoon out to the Painted Hills traversing a section of Anna Creek Station and a flight the next day that took us out over Lake Eyre and the edge of the Simpson Desert to Dalhousie Springs for a dip in the Springs, then lunch at the Pink Roadhouse, picked up at the airstrip by the "resorts" pink limo. Trevor took our orders (all Oodnadatta Burgers of course) and radioed the requirements through to the Roadhouse. We were hosted by Adam Pate (who has a good sense of humour when you get to know him and is very knowledgable on the area and what works and what doesn't) and enjoyed the banter that flowed.

Where was I?
Oh yeah, after booking this two flight deal, we returned to the Dingo Cafe and booked in for a third night.
This time the lady was "gob-smacked" that we would spend three nights in William Creek.

The point I am making here is that regardless of which direction you travel, with a little bit of pre trip planning and flexibility, you will get the most "value" out of your trip.

Depending on where you are coming from, you can drive up the bitumen to Coober Pedy (which is worth a stopover for one night at least) then head out to the Breakaways and across the moon plains. Following the Dino Fence, you will join up with the Coober Pedy/Oodnadatta track and may choose to travel out to Arkaringa Homestead (turn off at Mt Barry) for an overnight stay. A little before sunset, you drive out to the lookout points in the Painted Desert and view the display of colours as the sun sets. After travelling on to Oodnadatta and a wander around town, you can head out to the Algebuckina Waterhole (opposite side of the Track to the Bridge) for an overnight camp. Then travel on to William Creek for a must visit to one of the Outback's most iconic Pubs and a stay for one, two, or three nights. (as per above choices)

From William Creek you have the choice of several Poi's and historic places along the Track and then have the choice of turning off the Track at Bopeechee and head along the Borefield Track to Roxby Downs and the bitumen, or continue along the Oodnadatta Track to Marree.

Just one of several choices, but regardless of which way you travel or where you chose to stop along the route, you will enjoy the experience of some of my favorite places in the SA Outback.


Bill

Anne and I are very very appreciative of these suggestions
please keep them coming
most helpful to have comments from recent travellers

harv