Got up very early so that we could get to the Maree airport at dawn. Between Brett setting his clocks to SA time and me keeping Qld time but doing date and time relativity calculations we managed to set the alarms properly. Brett and I ended up in a VHF DN with four other passengers and the pilot. After takeoff we flew up the Birdsville track and over the Clayton wetlands where we had camped a couple of nights previously. Then on to the Cooper Creek ferry crossing and from there we followed the Cooper Creek until it flowed into Lake Eyre and then we flew south over Lake Eyre back to Maree. Just over 2 hours of flying time and the views were wonderful. I'm hoping the photos turned out OK.
Then we had morning tea in Maree while Brett refueled and we headed north on the Oodnadatta track where we stopped at a couple of old railway sidings and ruins for photos and a quick stop for a few photos at Plane Henge near Alberrie Creek. Then we had a look at some Mound Springs at Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park, amazing sights as water bubbles out of the ground and supports some very green plant life. We stopped for lunch at what would have been an excellent camp site about 20 kms south of William Creek on the banks of Warriner Creek. Brett didn't refuel at William Creek.
Then onto Oodnadatta where we both refuled and continued onto to find a camp site about 30 kms north along the banks of the Alberga River. Very quiet and someone had even left us some firewood and it was not too chilly overnight.
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