TRIP REPORTS
Australian border. Pies were the meal of the
day. A couple more casualties were
discovered – Phil’s Anderson plug.
From here we took the Cordillo Downs Rd,
and were almost at the station when Jacob
had a puncture. After changing his tyre. We
continued on to have a look at the ruins of the
shearing shed but were only able to walk
around outside as it was in the process of
being restored.
The day ended at Cadelga Waterhole near the
ruins of the original outstation.
Peter & Sue Thomas. 1016
Day 6 – Cordillo Downs to Bashville
After a pleasant night’s sleep, the plan for
today was to leave early. Well that went out
the window when we heard a pop and then
shattering glass from Pete Symons car. The
rear window had just decided to let go. After
a patch up job we headed off. Who would
have thought that you would have to wait at
the corner of Cordillo Downs Rd and the
Birdsville Development Rd for the traffic to
clear.
Once arriving at Birdsville and being told that
there is a 2 hour wait for fuel but with good
planning we had plenty.
We went to pick up our ticket for the Bash.
Some people had to drop off tyres for repair
and replacement. I had arranged to meet
Mitch and Danni plus little Heidi from the
club. They weren’t on our trip but we
arranged to meet them. Off to bashville for
the next 4 days.
Bashville day 1-4
It was a fantastic 4 days of great music and
entertainment for 1 and all. We had the
Nutbush World Record broken, the Drag race
was run and won. If you would like to know
more information have a chat with anybody
who went on the trip.
Ed Reddick 1623
Day 10 Birdsville to Mungerannie
Well, we all survived the Big Red Bash and
now it’s time to start heading for home.
We seemed to time our departure from Big
Red perfectly. Many other campers had
started moving by 5.30am trying to beat the
rush but we seemed to leave at a time in
between the early rush and those that were
leaving later so we all had an uneventful drive
to Birdsville where we were all expecting long
delays to fuel up the drive southwards.
The queues fuel wasn’t long at all with only 4-
5 cars waiting for fuel so we all fuelled up and
waited in town while everyone got ready. The
queue for coffee took much longer than that
for fuel.
With everyone organised we headed south
along the Birdsville Track heading to Marree
“and bitumen” but stopping at Mungerannie
overnight.
For me it was a nice feeling to drive with a
new spare tyre on the car after shredding one
a few days previously on the road to
Moomba.
It’s now a busier drive heading home with a
lot more traffic but everyone seemed to be
travelling safely and although people would
overtake our group everybody seemed to be
driving respectfully and leaving ample room.
At times the track was 5 lanes wide and it was
in pretty good condition.
There was only one soft spot where the track
had been re-routed between the edge of the
dunes and around water from recent floods
for a few kms.
It was quite different in parts where the
floods had obviously been where the green
plant growth was abundant only to go over
the next dune to sand, sand and more sand.
At one point Ed told us “there’s a toilet stop
just up the road” it’s a green shed, you can’t