Oodnadatta Track
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D83 Birdsville Track Marree ( SA ) ( 29 ° 39 ′ S , 138 ° 4 ′ E ) |
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 Stuart HighwayMarla ( SA ) ( 27 ° 18 ′ S , 133 ° 38 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 617 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Development condition: | unpaved | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Oodnadatta Track is an unpaved outback track in the north of the Australian state of South Australia . It connects the Birdsville Track in Marree via Oodnadatta with the Stuart Highway in Marla . It runs a few kilometers along Lake Eyre South.
history
This route is a traditional trade route of the indigenous tribes along which there are a number of springs that are fed from the Great Artesian Basin . The best surviving example of this is Mound Springs near Coward Springs . The explorer John McDouall Stuart followed the course of the trade route on his third expedition to Darwin in 1859. This route was later chosen - because of the availability of water - for the Overland Telegraph Line (OTL) and the Central Australian Railway as the original route of the Ghans . Many remains of railway tracks and telegraph stations can still be found along the route, one of the best preserved being the ruins at Coward Springs Siding .
course
The Oodnadatta Track leaves Marree to the west and crosses various tributaries of Lake Eyre South and the dingo fence . In Bopeechee , another track meets the road from the south, Borefield Road . Along the south shore of Lake Eyre South, the road continues west to Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park , where it curves northwest. In William Creek the William Creek Road branches off to the west and about 200 km further in Oodnadatta the Kempe Road branches off. Both roads lead to the Stuart Highway (NA87) to Coober Pedy . In Oodnadatta, the track leaves the former route of the Old Ghan, which continues to the northwest, while the Oodnadatta track turns west and also meets the Stuart Highway at Marla.
Road conditions and gas stations
In dry weather the route is passable for most vehicles. There are gas stations in Maree, William Creek, Oodnadatta and Marla.
Country Art
Not far from the track, around 60 km from Marree , is the 4.2-kilometer Marree Man , probably the largest land art as an earth drawing, a geoglyph .
Web links
- Brochure about the Oodnadatta Track. (PDF; 4.1 MB) South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board, accessed on February 26, 2012 .
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 72 + 73
Individual evidence
