The Cooper Creek a great Place to take the Kids for the School Holidays

Hi extfilm
Yes Jason has been busy grading a track to Lake Kopperamanna where it will be held, and it will be a great sight to see all those sailing vessel under full sail, in an Australian iconic location.

Cheers

Stephen

oops I mean Cooper

Hi Michael and Chris
Exactly and you do not have to go to Innamincka to do it.

Cheers

Stephen

True and while I got you have you seen any other rivers or creeks in your travels by the name of Lachlan or Cooper, we already have photos of coop at Cooper creek up on Cape Tribulation & Lachlan in NSW.Any excuse to do a trip. Lucky I didn't name my kids Murray or Darling.Cheers

Hi Michael and Chris,
Yes and any river away from the big crowds is great. As for the Murray, we have many favourite sport though the area.

Cheers

Stephen

Hi Stephen, that sounds to me like somewhere that I wouldn't mind having a look at, possibly late August. Travelling from Victoria what route would you suggest? I have not travelled into that area before so I look forward to the experience.

Cheers Dave

Hi David
If you have not been into that area before, there are many great places that will open your eyes.

Head up via Broken Hill, up to the Corner Country, another must visit is Innamincka and then a stay at the Cooper on the Birdsville Track. There is so much to see in that area and if you like that type of country out there, I can guarantee that it will not be your first and last visit to the area.

Have a fantastic trip to where ever you venture.

Safe Travels..

Cheers

Stephen

Thanks Stephen, I have not ventured past Silverton in that area so I am looking forward to it. I will start making my plans now for mid August. May see you out there!

Happy Travels Dave

Gday Michael
Now i must ask what is wrong with calling your little ones Murray?

Murray

Hi Dave
It is well worth the drive further north. We will be somewhere in the area during most of August. Look out for my Black Prado with Yellow Kayak on the roof. While at the Cooper we will be doing some interesting track not on your usual itinerary, so you are welcome to come along if there as well.

Have a great trip.

Cheers

Stephen

Hi Geoff
You and your family are in for a real treat and you will not believe your eyes. As you will have read, we were so impressed, we are going back again in August for another week up there and taking some more out of the way station tracks for good measure as well.

Have a fantastic time, as I know you will.


Cheers

Stephen

Thanks Stephen,

It will be the first desert experience the kids will remember (they did an earlier trip when they were little), and I was lucky enough to drive across the Simpson after rains 18 years ago (5 weeks before I got married!). On that trip we tried to make it from Birdsville to Innamincka via Walkers Crossing, but more rain coming up from South Australia was turning everything to mud, and local advice was to high tail it to the black top back via Birdsville. We just made it out... a couple of hours delay would have seen us there for a week or more, which might have made things a little tense back in wedding-preparation land!!!
So although Jackie has done plenty of 4WDing in the 18 years since, it will be her first trip in this area.
So it will be memorable all around.

I notice the sea-kayak on your roof (and some of the pics!) I am a fellow sea-kayaker and try and get out onto Sydney harbour most weekends. I have a fibreglass / composite boat, so I am swapping with a friend for a wider, plastic kayak for the trip, because of the (anticipated) corrugations and the stress on my boat. How did your boat hold up?

Thanks again for your enthusiasm... it is contagious!

cheers,

Geoff.

Hi Geoff
No problem with the kayak, the only problem was not spending enough time in it on the water, that is why I will be taking it back again in August. We are making a very big loop, through the corner country, the Strez, Oodnadatta Track, across the Simpson, Innamincka and down to the ferry site again. We have 3 1/2 weeks away for this trip and I now into countdown.

You will have a ball on the Cooper and I am looking forward to see if the flow has settled a little, as when we were there, the water was flowing quite past, but was still great fun.

Your children and Jackie are in for a real treat and if they love a camp fire, it adds to the experience.

Have a great and safe trip.


Cheers

Stephen

Gday Geoff Mate you will have a ball by the Coopers,we where there with Stephen and Fiona on the friday night on the june long weekend and had a great time,as Stephen said you will not believe your eyes,at the amount of water there,have fun.cheers GREENDOG

Hi Geoff,
We are heading off the same day for the same trip so we will keep an eye out for you. 100 series ladcruiser and Tvan with an exploroz wheel cover.
Have a great time
barb

Thanks again Stephen, I will keep an eye out for you. I will have leave room on the roof rack for my Hobie Outback Kayak and put in for an extra week off work! I will also have to study some old trek notes and blogs for track information and fuel availability in the area. Looking forward to it.
Cheers Dave

Hi Barb,
We sure will look out for you... Blue NM Pajero towing a Kimberly Kamper... plus an orange kayak (on top of one or the other).
See you on the track and you enjoy yourselves as well.


Hi GREENDOG,
Thanks - yeah... its been ages since I've been out that way and couldn't miss this opportunity. A mate who I usually go on trips with went to Lake Eyre in 2000 and didn't invite me because I had just bought an old series IIA landy to restore, and he thought he'd spend half the trip on the side of the road waiting for me to repair it... He didn't tell me he was going until he got back!!
Anyway, I had lunch with him yesterday and showed him the trip plans... I think we are even now!

And Dave
I'll keep an eye out for the Hobie Kayak... I don't think there will be too many of them out and about on the Cooper ;)

cheers,

Geoff

Hi Fab 72
The station girls were saying that there are lots of fish, but they are all small. Big one will follow. Your family will have a ball up there, and you will be able to sit back by the camp fire and unwind from our fast pace of life.

Have a great time.


Cheers

Stephen