Strzelecki Track
Appearance
Strzelecki Track | |
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Strzelecki Track (blue and white) | |
General information | |
Type | Track |
Length | 475 km (295 mi) |
Major junctions | |
NE end | Adventure Way, Innamincka |
SW end | Copley-Lyndhurst Road, Lyndhurst |
Location(s) | |
Region | Far 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:
- Tinga Tingana Homestead Ruins [5]
- Gray's Tree [6]
- Well and Whim, Coochilara Waterhole, Merty Merty Station [7]
- Old Mulga Bore, Merty Merty Station [8]
See also
References
- ^ "Far North (South Australian Government Region)" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
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(help) - ^ "The Strzelecki Track". Flinders Range Research. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2006). Australia’s Great Desert Tracks SE Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN 978-1-86500-162-3.
- ^ "Tinga Tingana Homestead (Ruin)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Well and Whim, Coochilara Waterhole, Merty Merty Station". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "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