Friday 31 August 2012

Innamincka

Headed down to Innamincka via the dirt roads, the only way to get there unless you are flying, & what a revelation this place is!

Seriously in the middle of nowhere in the top NE corner of SA, the beginning/end of the Strzelecki Track, a pub, basic accommodation, store, fuel supply, police station & plenty of travellers & mining people calling in to this tiny mecca on the banks of Cooper Creek.



Camped on the "town common" on the banks of the Cooper along with everyone else and had a couple of drinks & a mighty fine dinner at the pub.

Despite its outward appearance & full of photos & memoriabilia front bar, the pub has been updated & the "Outamincka" bar was a popular destination that night ... including us!

Innamincka is also the location where explorers Burke & Wills met their fate in 1861 after crossing the continent south to north, finding their way back to the supply camp on Cooper Creek & discovering their support party had just left!

More in a later blog ...