Outback-Day Three

Early rise and we were off on our bikes to cycle through the Parachilna Gorge. We then stopped off for our last coffee as we headed further towards the Oonadatta Track. We stopped of to meet 'Talc Alf' -an intriguing and eccentric character who lives at the end of the tarmac before it turns to dirt. He spends his time writing to the government, supporting Aboriginal rights and creating sculptures from Soap Stone ( from which we derive talc! ) Stopping off in Marree we saw its old Ghan railway station and a few of us bought fly nets...the flies we already getting bad and we were quite away from the Northern Territory. We took the truck onto the Oonadatta track following the trail of the old Ghan. Along the dusty route we saw Lake Eyre, which has almost dried up and covers the same area as the Uk, Germany and France put together. Camp was at William's Creek with a population of eight people!


Two Rebeccas on bikes.


Most of the group and their bikes.


Fly nets...practical and stylish. Rebecca, Bex and Abi.


Sculpture park in the middle of the Outback.


The Dingo Fence-over 5000km long. Created to protect the farmer's cattle from Australia's wild dog.


The Station at Maree.




Talc Alf with an aboriginal boomerang and kangaroo foot.


Talc Alf and his sculptures


Warnings before approaching the Oonadatta Track.


The whole group on the Oonadatta Track.


Camp at William's Creek.