The Birdsville Track is a notable outback road in Australia. The 517-kilometre (321 mi) track runs between Birdsville in south-western Queensland and Marree, a small town in the north-eastern part of South Australia. It traverses three deserts along the route, the Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and Tirari Desert.
Originally the track was of poor quality and suitable for high-clearance four-wheel drive vehicles only, but it is now a graded dirt road and a popular tourist route. It is also used by cattle trucks carrying livestock. The track passes through one of the driest parts of Australia, with an average rainfall of less than 100 mm annually.[3] The area is extremely barren, dry and isolated. Travellers should carry water and supplies in case of emergencies.
^Google (30 May 2022). "Birdsville Track" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^"Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^Reardon, Mitch (1995). The Australian Geographic Book of Corner Country. Terrey Hills, New South Wales: Australian Geographic. pp. 141–151. ISBN 1-86276-012-8.
The BirdsvilleTrack is a notable outback road in Australia. The 517-kilometre (321 mi) track runs between Birdsville in south-western Queensland and...
(all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia...
Track was named by Adam Plate of the Oodnadatta Progress Association in about 1980, to form a trilogy of unsealed tourist routes with the Birdsville and...
and dust. The Strzelecki Track is linked with the BirdsvilleTrack via the Walkers Crossing Track. It is closed in summer and only traversable in dry...
12 on the whole track, while trying to negotiate it. The BirdsvilleTrack is also a notorious stock route. The 520 km BirdsvilleTrack was developed in...
South Australia. It is also situated toward the northern end of the BirdsvilleTrack. The station was established in 1876 by Robert Frew along with other...
made by mailman Tom Kruse, along the remote BirdsvilleTrack from Marree, in South Australia, to Birdsville, in southwest Queensland. In 1957, Heyer wrote...
Stony Desert is the Tirari Desert. The BirdsvilleTrack is a route between Marree in South Australia and Birdsville in Queensland. Much of the desert is...
Historical Collection (December 2005 to March 2006) In Search of the BirdsvilleTrack: An Artist in the Outback: featured sketches and writings donated to...
the Sturt Stony Desert and is located on the BirdsvilleTrack and is the largest holding along the track with an area of 17,000 square kilometres (6,564 sq mi)...
the seventh largest desert in Australia. The Dingo Fence, BirdsvilleTrack, the Strzelecki Track, the Diamantina River, Cooper Creek and the Strzelecki Creek...
Kruse, MBE (28 August 1914 – 30 June 2011) was a former mailman on the BirdsvilleTrack in the border area between South Australia and Queensland Stephen Law...
vehicular access to the desert is via the unpaved BirdsvilleTrack which runs northwards from Marree to Birdsville. The Mungerannie Hotel is the only location...
workforce. Roads in the desert include: BirdsvilleTrack Burke Developmental Road Canning Stock Route Colson Track Connie Sue Highway French Line Gary Highway...
the narcotic plant pituri, along ancient trade routes such as the BirdsvilleTrack. The cameleers also brought new commodities such as sugar, tea, tobacco...
and eggs South Africa Found only in outback South Australia near the BirdsvilleTrack Medium 20,000 None due to them being rare in Australia. All wild ostriches...
were also soon taken up leading to much greater traffic along the Birdsvilletrack and a post office opened at Cowarie in 1877. Sidney Kidman in partnership...
Innamincka. The main vehicular access to the property is via the unpaved BirdsvilleTrack. Having a hot arid climate (BWh), the property is found to the south...
and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-north-east of Marree, off the BirdsvilleTrack near Etadunna Station. The area consists of four lakes grouped into...
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