Lake Eyre Trip, Day 5: Greener than usual

Today, as planned, Group 1 made the trip back to Oodnadatta, leaving at 8.30am, while Group 2 did the flight. An aside about food We might be in the remote outback but the food, though not particularly fancy, has generally been well-cooked. The poached eggs at William Creek Hotel were properly cooked – both in … Read more

Lake Eyre Trip, Day 3: Movie location landscapes

Although yesterday proved pretty adventurous, this day felt like the real start of the trip. Our first stop, after an early-ish breakfast, was the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. We arrived there at 8am. (You know what tours are like!) It was  a little brisk but clear and sunny after the wild day preceding it so we … Read more

Lake Eyre Trip, Day 2: We meet our tour group and set off north

Keen to get started on our adventure, we got down to the hotel foyer at 9am to check out and be ready for Outback Spirit’s 9.30am pick-up, only to find three others – identified by their Outback Spirit name-tags – already there. Turns out one of them thought the pick up was 8.30am! They had … Read more