Information Centre to get the road info. The road to Birdsville was
still closed but a report would be made at about noon. So we headed off
for a bite of brekky and then headed back out to Cooper Creek to kill a
few hours relaxing by the creek watching the birdlife. When we got back
into town the news was good, the road to Birdsville had been opened to
4WD traffic, so we set off straight away.
The first 100 km of bitumen was fine and then we came to the dirt road.
It was wet and a bit slippery so we adjusted our tyre pressures down and
found that driving on the shoulder of the road was the best, rather than
the centre of the road which was a getting cut up. The soggy road was
only a problem for about 30 to 40 kms and then it pretty much dried out.
After that it was a pretty good cruising surface and we were able to
make good time. We had a stop at Deon's Lookout to stretch and have a
drink before continuing on to Birdsville. We arrived there around 5 pm
and checked into the Birdsville Pub for the night. We had the roast
dinner at the Pub before getting an early night so we can head off
reasonably early in the morning.
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