And to think , I waited 17 minutes

Judging by the photo, Robin, south bound traffic is very scarce.

We came across in June, the day after the ferry opened, and probably waited for 20 minutes. That was time well spent taking photos, and jiving the only couple ahead of us, about whether the ferry would sink, with their dual cab on it.

It's an amazing spot, especially when you consider ALL the Cooper water has to flow down that one channel. Further upstream the Cooper can be up to 50 kms wide, when in flood. A truly magic part of the country.

Bob.

There was a rather long delay Monday afternoon when a motorhome got hung up driving off the ferry. As our plane flew away from the punt crossing, there were twenty-one assorted vehicles lined up waiting to cross and on the flight back to Marree, we counted another eight on the road headed up there. Doubt that too many of them would have crossed once the motorhome was freed as by then the light was fading. (At least they would have been equipped for camping!) That evening in Marree there was a group of somewhere between fifty and eighty gathering around the pub to head up the next day and the caravan park was chock-a-block with others, most seemingly heading north. Glad we were heading south.

This is probably WAY off topic, but I have often thought what sort of an idea it might be for the Army Sappers to go in and construct the concrete supports for a Bailey Bridge. Then when it does flood, they can organise a wonderful deployment to lay the steel bridge. That way the folks on the other side of the Cooper still get their "milk and bread" delivered, too.

Excepting the monetary thing, it would be a tossup between keeping the historical aspect of the ferry, and keeping the track more open (more up-track floods permitting).