Oodnadatta to-Alice via andado

In brief :-o)...........
Roads around Dalhousie - check with locals prior (Mt Dare for example - some closures in place).
This is what Santa T is all about....
Santa Teresa Mission
Trephina is a nice place - Arltunga area too.

We took 3 days to get from Coober Pedy to Alice. Arrived late - should have stayed xtra night on the track. So I think 3 days from Ood - Alice with good track conditions and no diversion out to Dalhousie. So 5 days with Dalhousie may be ok but be sure conditions / vehicle / tyres are good. Personally, I hate deadlines with off-road trips and to a point they can be hazardous if you end up pushing things too much.

Mac Clark, Andado homestead worth a stop. Sorry to say Santa Teresa was covered in rubbish when we went past in 08.

Suggest you leave Trephina Gorge, Glenn Annie etc for another trip - just my thoughts.

Cheers

Hi Greg,

Bear in mind that currently the track through Hamilton to Dalhousie is closed, but could be a different story come July. Also the Binns Track north of Mt Dare has been heavily used by mining vehicles and can have a lot of bulldust. Its a great drive nevertheless, but slow.

If the track from Hamilton is open you will want to overnight at Dalhousie, having spent a while looking around the old homestead site, then having a swim. Another overnight at Old Andado, looking around Molly Clark's homestead and having a hot shower. It's then worthwhile going out to the Mac Clarke reserve and seeing the desert oaks; from there suggest you continue north approaching Alice via Santa Theresa which you will bypass as its a closed community. You would be able to find a bush camp somewhat south of ST - I dont know about a track from there to Trephina Gorge (yes I can see one on the map but dont know that its a public access track.)

Did this trip a couple of years ago with friends who had a 9yo grandaughter with them - she loved it.

Cheers,

Val

Gday,
Do you realise Santa Teresa is only about 80km from Alice and there is a good road between them?
I would head into Alice from ST and then do a day trip out along the Eastern Macs.
I wouldn't plan on spending any time at Santa Teresa..........Its just a blackfella community......not a real bad one but not exactly a tourist destination either.

Cheers