Simpson Desert Wetland 26/04/2011

Not yet but the local authorities are doing a research and a survey of the latest damage recorded in the Simpson. One photo filed was of a claypan crossing and bikes had cut the entire claypan up. So maybe it's not the traditional owners you should be worried about but all the damage being done while the deserts wet, it's all being recorded and no doubt a case will be put together and maybe another park closed, who will u blame the tradtional owners.

G'day Dunc, trips going real well. Bit of a blow not being able to cross the Simpson but a real privilege to see that much water in it and Lake Eyre. Gill's doing a blog of the trip on here if you want to check our progress. Look forward to seeing you on Safari in September. Cheers Kanga

Hi Fab, we couldn't actually get to Big Red, the furtherest that we could get was the Dune before Little Red, to photograph it. To get a pic of Big Red would have been a big walk/wade/swim through the mass of water to get to Little Red just for a pic of the big beggar. It was amazing to see that much water in a desert. Cheers, Kanga.