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    Alice / Simpson Desert July 2011

    D A R N - checked with Parks SA and it is now going to be closed until early August ... Does anyone know if the Plenty/Donohue Hwy then down to Birdsville is open?
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    Alice / Simpson Desert July 2011

    Hi All We are heading up to Uluru/Olgas/Alice on 9th July then back down via Mt Dare/Dalhousie then across to Birdsville then down the Birdsville Track We currently are planning the Simpson but waiting for more info on the flooding subsiding - which the ranger is hoping by first week in...
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    Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) August 2010

    Here are some links to the Lake Eyre flooding YouTube - Lake Eyre Segment on Sunday Night YouTube - Lake Eyre Segment on Sunday Night YouTube - Lake Eyre in the Australian Outback fills with water YouTube - Lake Eyre Documentary
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    Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) August 2010

    PS assume you are getting track info from here Outback Roads Temporary Closures, Restrictions and Warnings Report - Area 1 - Transport SA
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    Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) August 2010

    Hi Guys, Sorry haven't followed this thread in a while. Muloorina Station is a great camping place for the middle of nowhere... Fill up with fuel at Copley or Lyndhurst - from experience you will be paying 30c per litre for diesel more at Maree As promised here are photos - including...
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    Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) August 2010

    Sorry up in Broome - got married yesterday to the love of my life. Photos a bit later in the week Diesel - buy at Lyndhurst rather than Maree - at Lyndhurst $1.48 per litre (similar to Hawker) but ar Maree (80km down the road) it was $1.78. Didn't get any fuel at Arkaroola so uncertain of...
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    Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) August 2010

    Hi Guys - just got back from that area - Arkaroola well worth it - though we were mostly travelling with a tcamper railer so limited on some of the tracks we could do. Take the trip along to Arkaroola and Echo Camp waterholes. didn't do Spillers? lookout - we are not into expensive tourist...
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    Hi From the BLACKCAT crew

    Some pix here 4wd Photo Gallery - 4x4 Earth Australia for 4WD Tracks 4wd Photo Gallery - 4x4 Earth Australia for 4WD Tracks
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    Hi From the BLACKCAT crew

    Thanks Guys :)
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    Hi From the BLACKCAT crew

    Hi All, New here. Our crew is currently 6 - 4 boys aged 6, 8, 12 and 14 and us. We are in Adelaide but have been in just about every State and Territory in the past 18 months - and plenty of backroads. The current plan is to do Arkaroola (Northern Flinders) and Lake Eyre next week...
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    Lake Eyre Easter 2010

    Hi SoulSeeker - we did the Flinders last October school hols - climbed St Mary's, stayed at Trezona and Angorochina - were thinking about going up to Arkaroola at that time but had really bad dust storms so decided not to make the journey from Blinman to Arkaroola . We have been planning to do...
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    Lake Eyre Easter 2010

    Thanks DuneRunner - so it might be better to avoid Level Post Bay during Easter and Turn up just after? Our plans are fluid so can reverse easily - always go in with a plan B and C - just in case:)
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    Lake Eyre Easter 2010

    Hi All, First post here :) We are looking to do Lake Eyre at Easter and during the first week of the SA school holidays. Favouring the Level Post Bay Track but there seems to be conflicting advice as whether it is open or not looking at the SA Env Department website? It says closed due...
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