A snippet on this desert town, in answer to a reader's query . An alternative route up to Northern Territory is to join the Stuart Highway via Oodnadatta from Marree. Lake Eyre where Donald Campbell set the land speed record in 1964. Your first stop could be William Creek where the pub characters have some stories to tell. Then on to Oodnadatta, real outback, once on the route of camel trains only.
Conditions can change rapidly.
Or, from Oodnadatta you travel 220km to join the 'civilized' Stuart Highway along the Mad Max roads. 4WD-ing Lake Eyre. Image Ben Kreunen. Ben has done the more adventurous route from Oodnadatta via Mount Dare to Finke. If you don't want to die of heat, you go in winter, May to October, and of course, your vehicle is in tip top condition and your stores plentiful.