The Exact Centre of Australia - Lambert Center to Coober Pedy - Ep.27 - FREE CAMPING

After finally crossing into our 3rd state for the trip, we had decided to do part of the Oodnadatta track 🌵. We let our tyres down at Marla to start the track. The road was surprisingly in good condition out to the Oodnadatta township (we were expecting a lot worse). We stopped in at the famous Oodnadatta Pink 🏩 Roadhouse for a famous ‘Oodna burger’ 🍔 and some photos.

Once our bellies were full of burgers and some beers 🍻, we continued on as we had a free camp spot on the map we wanted to stop at, a further 70km on. Enroute we popped in to the Mt Dutton Ruins for a look. That was pretty cool, seeing the old structure and all the old coloured glass on the ground. Mid-afternoon we made it to Algebuckina Waterhole & Old Railway 🚂Bridge camp spot. We opted to set up camp on the edge of the waterhole, as there was no one there and we had the whole place to ourselves.

We got ourselves all set up, Kurt got the fishing rods 🎣 out and put up our feet with a beer in hand. No fish were caught, BUT, we threw one yabby net in for giggles and to our amazement we caught a dozen blue claw yabbies 🦂 and a few shrimp overnight! Unbelievable! Our plans were soon turned on its head, when later that morning Kurt discovered our centre bearing rubber was not in good shape 😞. We had to make a decision on what to do, as we were unsure how long it would last. Kurt replaced it before our trip, so it was only 10months old, but since we had upgraded our rear leaf springs in Cairns, we suspect this might have caused the issue.

The decision was made to abandon the Oodnadatta track and head straight to Coober Pedy to get it fixed 🔧. We made it to Coober Pedy fine, which was a relief. Kurt got the part ordered and all fixed within a few days, which was great. We decided to make the most of our time in Coober Pedy while there and see all the sights. We splashed out and did a tour with Oasis Tourist Park. $45 each for 3 hours, which included an underground mine tour 👷🏻‍♀️👷🏻and chauffeured around to see all the sights. Since it was out of the busy period, everywhere was quiet – which turned out great! We were the only ones on our tour so we got the VIP treatment.

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[seniormfwic]

People like you give us the gift of seeing life from your eyes in parts of the world most of us will never get to visit, and I want to thank you for that. Please keep it up! Through you guys we see Australia as it is, and the people as they are. It really doesn't get much better than that.

[paulosalgado]

Wonderful live.
Congratulations for brazil.
I love australia.

[normanschlongdongovic]

I just love adventure suv/truck/motorcycle i just love outdoor life and i have subscribed to your channel

[Dust-Till-Dawn]

Good luck on getting your truck fixed guys..nothing worse than having issues with ya truck in the middle of nowhere 🔨🔧🛠🔩