Download the Explorer’s Way Map Journey through the heart of Australia’s outback The breathtaking scenery of the outback is beautifully entwined with the history of our state along the Explorers Way. The 3000 kilometre journey from Adelaide to Darwin takes you through one of South Australia’s famous wine regions – the Clare Valley – before making its…
Australia’s largest Salt lake – 144km long & 77km wide and at 15.2 metres below sea level, it is the lowest point in Australia. This 1,228,000 hectare remote and arid Park includes all of Lake Eyre North and the Tirari Desert, conserving the desert wilderness. Lake Eyre is a dry salt lake that occasionally floods…
Witjira National Park and The Simpson Desert – The 776,900ha Park is located 160km north of Oodnadatta. It features the Dalhousie Thermal Mound Springs, the largest, most active artesian springs in Australia as well as the Mt Dare homestead complex. The Parks mainly consist of desert landscapes, gibber plains, sand dunes, salt pans, flat-topped mesa hills…
Oodnadatta Track – The 619km track from Marree to Marla follows the route of the explorer John McDouall Stuart. It is an unsealed road with sandy patches which can become impassable after rain
Oodnadatta is an historic centre that has retained its outback character. Its crossroads were once thronged with drovers, cameleers, goldminers and Aboriginal people and the outpost became a rollicking railhead when the transcontinental railway ceased its construction in 1891. Until completed in 1929, mail, freight and travellers were carried six days on camel back to…