Do you require desert parks pass to travel Strzelecki and Oodnadatta Tracks

PS I have done it last year for just a day visit. I did not want to camp at Halligan Bay as it is one of the most desolate windswept places i have ever been ..

G'day Philip,

We were there about 3 weeks ago and asked about the day/camping pass at the William Creek Pub. The answer was a rather curt 'register on the road to Halligan Bay'. Got the feeling that it was a sore point.

When we got to the self registration stand, there were no forms at all (and also no forms in the Travel Survey box either) and neither of us (2 cars) were happy to put the $$$ into the box without some form of receipt. We decided that if anyone in authority bothered asking us, we'd give them the $$$.

We were planning to overnight at Halligan Bay but found that the camping area was so tiny that 5 campers completely filled it. Rather a waste considering the amount of land available. We then towed our trailers back to William Ck. Road was very ordinary. Back at William Ck Caravan Park, we found numerous people had the same experience we had.

Standing on the shore of Lake Eyre was an experience, but the flight over the lake(and Painted Hills) from William Creek International Airport was even better.

Cheers,
Chris