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Strzelecki Track

Strzelecki Track (blue and white)
General information
TypeTrack
Length475 km (295 mi)
Major junctions
NE endAdventure Way,
Innamincka
SW endCopley-Lyndhurst Road,
Lyndhurst
Location(s)
RegionFar North[1]
Restrictions
Fuel supply

The Strzelecki Track is an outback track in South Australia, mostly unsealed but with a few short sealed sections to facilitate overtaking, linking Innamincka to Lyndhurst.[2] It passes through the Strzelecki Desert. The 475 kilometres (295 mi)* track was pioneered by bushman Harry Redford in 1871 and is passable to conventional vehicles during the dry season, although caution is required.[3] A shorter route is available via a public access road between Moomba and Innamincka, making the distance 458 kilometres (285 mi)*.[4]

Heritage listings

A number of isolated heritage-listed sites are located nearby to the Strzelecki Track:

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Far North (South Australian Government Region)" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3. {{cite map}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  3. ^ "The Strzelecki Track". Flinders Range Research. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ^ Hema, Maps (2006). Australia’s Great Desert Tracks SE Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN 978-1-86500-162-3.
  5. ^ "Tinga Tingana Homestead (Ruin)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Tree, possibly marking the burial site of Charles Gray, member of Burke & Wills' 1861 expedition', Lake Massacre, Innamincka Regional Reserve". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Well and Whim, Coochilara Waterhole, Merty Merty Station". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Horse Capstan, Pump & Well, Old Mulga Bore, Merty Merty Station". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

Further reading

  • Lewis, Craig and Savage, Cathy (2005) Australia's top 4WD getaways Prahran, Vic. Explore Australia Publishing. ISBN 1-74117-067-2
  • Flinders Range Research – Historical information about South Australia and the Northern Territory