"Oodnadatta Track and William Creek Road" Top 5 Page for this destination Australia Off The Beaten Path Tip by martin_nl

When travelling from Adelaide to Alice Springs you could of course take the Stuart Highway, but why not take the Oodnadatta Track. This is a lot more adventurous and shows you a bit more about the "real" Australia. The Oodnadatta Track will take you through the Outback of Australia. To get to the Oodnadatta Track from Adelaide follow the road to Clare for some wine tasting. Continue on the B82 to Quorn and turn onto the B47 to Hawker and the Flinders Ranges. Spend some time here and around Wilpena Pound for some hiking. Continue to places such as Blinman, Angorichina, Parachilna and on to Copley's bakery for some mean Quandong pie! Make sure to stop by at Talc Alf in Lyndhurst, he is an eccentric outback philosopher and sculptor. He is usually in so...

Then on to Marree for a visit to an abandoned train station for the Ghan Railway. Here you hang a left and take the Oodnadatta Track. The bitumen will end here and you will follow one of these classic outback tracks. Just red sand and nothingness. However we also saw a lot of yellow flowers and quite a few things to do along the way. Like airplanes standing on their tail, Aboriginal Ochre pits, Lake Eyre. We stayed overnight in William Creek and next day continued onto William Creek road where you will see among other things Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. And before you know it you are in Coober Pedy.