On the road to Bereford Ruins and William Creek

We loved our time at Wilpena but it was time to head north along the old Ghan Rail route towards Lake Eyre.

From Wilpena to Leigh Creek

Not long after Maggie had suggested we might run into someone we knew, we did. While refuelling at Angorichina, Maggie was spotted by Nat, a friend from Sydney.

From there we continued on through Parachilna Gorge and up to Leigh Creek where we stopped to look at the original open cut mine pit and a retired walking dragline. The kids enjoyed sitting in the dragline operator's seat and moving the levers.

From Wilpena to Leigh Creek

This was the start of their rapid education about mining in Australia.
At Marree, we headed up the Oonadatta track towards William creek. We had hoped to camp at Coward Springs but they were full so we kept going to Beresford Ruins where we found a nice campsite beside the waterhole, just before nightfall.

From Berseford Ruins and William Creek

  Our bird list was growing steadily, and we were able to add a few new birds there. We almost felt like staying a couple of nights but as the wind got up in the morning, we packed up fairly leisurely and headed on up the track.

Somewhere before William Creek, we got close to Lake Eyre South. Like much of the trip, it was cold and windy when we got out of the car to have a look. By William Creek, a roadhouse, camp ground and airstrip doing a brisk trade in flights over lake Eyre, it felt a little warmer. There were a few interesting sculptures beside the road enroute and a collection of old machinery and rockets at William Creek. Then there was the interior of the Roadhouse itself completely covered in business cards, numberplates, drivers licences caps badges, letters, photos, post cards etc.

From Berseford Ruins and William Creek