Cooper Ferry Info required

Greg,

Article today on ABC website re the ferry. Have a look here By the sound of it you will be able to have a ride on it.

Cheers,

Val

Hi Greg
I have only just got off of the phone from my contact in Transport SA.
I will be receiving the latest ferry details very soon and will post them when I get them from her. I also asked that very question and I will give a full report when I do the update, but the ferry will be running for quite some time yet.

Keep on eye out for my update.

Cheers

Stephen

The ABC radio said today that the because of the continuing rain in the north east the ferry would be running into the new year.

I have a related question. Last week I was in Laura visiting my daughter and I decided to spend a few days going to the ferry. I looked on this site and the road was open to Mungerannie so off I went. I got to Lyndhurst and they said the road was open to Etadunna but closed to Mungerannie. I decided to continue to Marree. When I got there there was a big closed sign Marree to Mungerannie. I asked around and they said I could get to Etadunna but that it was a fair way from the Cooper and the road would be closed from Etadunna to the ferry so I turned around and went back to Laura.

If I could have got to the ferry I would have gone there and camped for a day or two. Is the above correct? Can you get to the ferry if the road is opened to Etadunna but closed to Mungerannie?

Regards,
Bob

The track was closed for a day or two due to rain the weekend before last, possibly why you got the information you did.

I travelled the ferry last week.

When we left Sydney the information from Transport SA was that the BT was open along its entire length. When we arrived in Broken Hill the southern end of the track, Marree to Mungeranie was closed but the Mungeranie to Birdsville section was open.

When we were leaving Broken Hill on Wednesday morning conditions were the same. When we arrived in Marree it had reversed, the southern end was open and the north closed. So we went.

The track was in pretty good condition to Dulkanina Ck where it was flooded and soft. With care it was a pretty easy fording of the creek. The track was then good again until we got onto the bypass track. This was very wet and I was pretty careful picking a route through the puddles but once again had no problems.

Once over the ferry, Thursday late morning, the track was again good to Mungeranie. North of Mungeranie was closed so we made camp and got comfortable to sit out the afternoon. The track opened on Friday morning but from Mungeranie north it was pretty badly cut up and there were at least two reasonably deep water crossings just north of the roadhouse.

The area through Pandi Pandi was in the worst condition. Very cut up, wet and boggy in places.

All outback roads at the moment are opening and closing on an iregular basis. Even when they are open you should exercise great care as there are lots of soft spots. Be particularly cautious if the road crews have been working. We had a very nasty experience on a section that had just been graded.

Duncs