RV TRAVEL
STRZELECKI TRACK
The quickest route from Port Augusta to the start of the Strzelecki is straight up sealed B83 . If time is not an issue , it would be a pity to miss the superb Flinders Ranges , Vulkathuna-Gammon Ranges and Arkaroola . After lingering in Arkaroola , cut west from Balcanoona to Copley and stay at The Copley Caravan Park .
Just 33km north is Lyndhurst and the southern end of the Strzelecki . At Lyndhurst , fuel up and turn right onto the track . Road trains and heavy trucks will be sharing the road so use extreme caution , especially when clouds of bulldust reduce the visibility to zero . At 26km is a monument on the right : it is a memorial to the early settlers and not-so-early travellers who have perished in the area .
A series of floodways and cattle grids follow . At 197km is a right turn to Arkaroola and Vulkathuna-Gammon Ranges National Park , while at 210km is the Art Baker Lookout .
The Strzelecki Creek Floodway is at 276km , a great spot for a break . While the track looks pretty smooth on up to Moomba , the shoulders are soft and there can be deep potholes camouflaged by bulldust .
The turn-off on the right to Merty Merty Homestead ( the Old Strzelecki Track ), Bollards Lagoon Homestead ( the Bore Track ) and Cameron Corner is at 320km .
From this point , there are a number of gasfield tracks branching to the right and left . Veer right and at 427km branch left for Innamincka .
Mount Lyndhurst Homestead and then a bore follow – take it easy through the Frome Creek and Tent Hill Creek floodways . The Mount Fitton Talc Mine turn-off is on the right at 80km .
Strzelecki Desert .
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