Day 11

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 11
202 km William Creek to Oodnadatta

The aim today was to get on the road early as we wanted to get most of the km under the wheels before the heat of the day (a predicted 43 degrees 🥵). Job done ✔️

Woke to a barmy 26 degrees (the lowest temp overnight😳). The power had gone off and on a couple of times across the campsite overnight so we’d turned on the gas to ensure the fridge could switch over if needed. On closing down we noticed one of the back pop top clips had loosened- now fixed up with a zip tie 😜

Fuelled at William Creek, our highest yet at 2.99l 😳 then back to the Oodnadatta Track.
Today we had emus’s running along side us and cattle deliberately stopping us in our tracks 🐂

We stopped off a couple of times along the way including at the Warina Siding and Algebuckina Bridge (longest railway bridge is SA). Johnny discovered a rusted iron nail from the original Ghan line, a little piece of history

We eventually arrived at Oodnadatta, which rests on the historic overland telegraph route and the old Ghan railway trail. Despite an apparent population of approx 100, it was like a ghost town (they must have been hiding out of the heat) not even able to get a beer from the pub as the doors were firmly closed 🍻❌
The iconic Pink Roadhouse was however open and very welcoming, say hi to Nicole
Given the heat we changed our original plan to bush camp, instead choosing to stay at the caravan park behind the roadhouse to have access to power and much needed aircon ❄️
We also changed our dinner plans as it was just TOO hot to cook and we really couldn’t face it. We had spent some time in the roadhouse avoiding the heat, and decided to stay there for dinner.

Fuel, another whopping $2.99 😳

Home for the night Oodnadatta Caravan Park
$43 power
Desal water available
Shower and toilets, laundry, basic camp kitchen
Walking distance to roadhouse for groceries, food and drink.

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