Day 3 - Flinders Ranges and beyond

We woke this morning to find it lot colder than Broken Hill. But that didn't last long. Just behind where we were camping was a hill we decided to walk up while we ate our breakfast.

When we reached the top we were greated with a very impressive Flinders Ranges sunrise.

Wilpena Pound with morning sun.

Our campsite.

We were on the road again at 8am, we headed north out of Wilpena and into Bunyeroo Gorge and Brachina Gorge. 

We hit the tar again just south of Parachilna and started to head north. We must have both had our eyes closed as we went past Parachilna as we completely missed it, so we didn't get a photo of the the famous Prarie Hotel.

We fuelled up at Lyndhurst before hitting the dirt again before stopping at the old Farina Ruins. 

Unbelievably a restoration group has started up the old bakery again so we were able to buy a couple of sausage rolls for lunch before hitting the road again.

This is the doorway that leads to the underground bakery that is in use today. 

We continued onto Maree but only stopped to air the tyres down and take a few quick photos.

Out of nowhere along the track you suddenly come to a bit of 'bush art'. I don't know much about it but I think someone has been living in the outback for too long...

A bit further along the Oodnadatta Track you come to a point where you can see South Lake Eyre from the roadway. We weren't expecting to see water in the lake but we later found out that North Lake Eyre is completely dry, but South Lake Eyre holds local rainfall for quite some time. 

And then not much further again you come to Coward Springs. Coward Springs is an outback day spa, perfectly positioned along the track for a refreshing dip. We only stopped long enough for a quick dip but we came out feeling brand new.

Nice romantic spa for two.

We headed on for William creek and saw this dingo on a little rise.

 We had the headlights on as we pulled into town but we had just enough light to setup camp.

We camped the night near this big rig. It is a 4wd truck with a caravan on the back, it is towing the landcruiser which has got a quad bike and a motorbike on the back and the tinny goes on the roof...

William Creek is a part of Anna Creek station which is the biggest cattle station in the world, nearly 6 million acres.

This is where we are, the little blue arrow head is us. 'No service out here'