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Van Trip 2007
Coober Pedy to Marla
Day 24
Kilometres travelled today....... 235
We left the van park in Coober Pedy at 9:00am and headed for the Stuart Highway for the start of our comparatively short run of 235 kilometres to Marla, The highway followed the Central Australian Railway line for most of the journey through very flat and barren desert country.
After travelling for about 150 kilometres we arrived at the isolated Cadney Homestead Roadhouse where we enjoyed a welcome cup of coffee.
Located 150 km north of Coober Pedy and about 80 km south-east of Marla, this remote location is an outback surprise, it's a popular overnight stop on the Adelaide–Alice Springs drive. There are powered and unpowered sites, on-site vans and cabins to choose from. A feature of the area is the nearby 'Painted Desert', also known as the Arckaringa Hills, about 90 km east from Cadney Park. Famous movies such as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert were filmed with the nearby Moon Plain as a backdrop.
After enjoyoying our morning tea break we continued a further 80 kilometres to Marla where we booked into the Travellers Rest Caravan Park. There were 30 powered and 20 unpowered sites with water and power available.
Marla is situated on the Stuart Highway 1079 kms north west of Adelaide, and sits at the end of the Oodnadatta Track, or the beginning, depending upon where you start from.
The Oodnadatta Track is an unsealed 620 kilometre outback road between Maree and Marla . Along the way, the track passes the southern lake of the Lake Eyre National Park, and the outback settlements of William Creek and Oodnadatta.
The track follows a traditional Aboriginal trading route. It provides travellers with stunning semi-desert scenery. Along the Track are numerous springs feeding water from the Great Artesian Basin. Because of the availability of water, the route was chosen for the steam-train powered Central Australian Railway, the original route of The Ghan.
Today, the Oodnadatta Track roughly follows the former railway line as far north as Oodnadatta , and then turns to the west, meeting the sealed Stuart Highway at Marla.
Day 24
Kilometres travelled today....... 235
We left the van park in Coober Pedy at 9:00am and headed for the Stuart Highway for the start of our comparatively short run of 235 kilometres to Marla, The highway followed the Central Australian Railway line for most of the journey through very flat and barren desert country.
After travelling for about 150 kilometres we arrived at the isolated Cadney Homestead Roadhouse where we enjoyed a welcome cup of coffee.
Located 150 km north of Coober Pedy and about 80 km south-east of Marla, this remote location is an outback surprise, it's a popular overnight stop on the Adelaide–Alice Springs drive. There are powered and unpowered sites, on-site vans and cabins to choose from. A feature of the area is the nearby 'Painted Desert', also known as the Arckaringa Hills, about 90 km east from Cadney Park. Famous movies such as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert were filmed with the nearby Moon Plain as a backdrop.
After enjoyoying our morning tea break we continued a further 80 kilometres to Marla where we booked into the Travellers Rest Caravan Park. There were 30 powered and 20 unpowered sites with water and power available.
Marla is situated on the Stuart Highway 1079 kms north west of Adelaide, and sits at the end of the Oodnadatta Track, or the beginning, depending upon where you start from.
The Oodnadatta Track is an unsealed 620 kilometre outback road between Maree and Marla . Along the way, the track passes the southern lake of the Lake Eyre National Park, and the outback settlements of William Creek and Oodnadatta.
The track follows a traditional Aboriginal trading route. It provides travellers with stunning semi-desert scenery. Along the Track are numerous springs feeding water from the Great Artesian Basin. Because of the availability of water, the route was chosen for the steam-train powered Central Australian Railway, the original route of The Ghan.
Today, the Oodnadatta Track roughly follows the former railway line as far north as Oodnadatta , and then turns to the west, meeting the sealed Stuart Highway at Marla.
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