The Walkers Crossing track.

This is desert country like we have never seen it. Lush and green with great puddles of rain drenched earth. Hugging the Cooper River ( which is not in flow) we made our way across the Strzelecki, The Great Stoney Desert and eventually into Birdsville. Today’s trek was short but rough going so took the best part of a whole day to travel roughly 220 kms. We came across three magnificent looking dingoes and some very fat shiny cattle. Flocks of birds absolutely everywhere. From cranes to pelicans to budgies to hawks. It was truly a desert landscape come to life. Reading Burke and Wills story it’s easy to see how mistaken they were as they traversed north in a good season and sadly upon their return everything had changed. Thanks to Nicola Stuart for her inspiration to explore the Simpson via plane , a few of our group took a scenic flight. It was spectacular to see the Channel country come to life, the Diamantina in full flow and in our photos check out preparations for the Big Red Bash! We won’t be attending but it’s extraordinarily busy in this tiny desert town.Read more