Australian 4x4 Driver Training

Come with us as we travel through this Australian must do 4wd region. We visit several of the much talked about NSW, Queensland and South Australian Outback landmark and historic towns and regions, including White Cliffs, Cameron Corner, Innamincka, Birdsville, Milparinka, Broken Hill, Merty Merty, Tibooburra, Marree, Big Red, Lake Eyre South and Flinders Ranges.

Underground Motel at White Cliffs

Flooded track between Tibooburra and Cameron Corner

more flood water cameron corner

much more flood water

cameron corner store corner country

Cameron Corner Store, Corner Country, Queensland

Please Note - Some of the pictures on this page were taken during flood conditions in March 2012 and the areas are unlikely to be flooded during other trips, although, depending on the weather, it is possible

We will travel through several desert regions and National Parks during the trip including the Strzelecki Desert, the eastern fringes of the Simpson Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Sturt National Park, Innamincka Regional Reserve, Coongie Lake National Park, the southern fringes of the Channel Country, a section of Lake Eyre National Park and part of the Flinders Ranges.

At Cameron Corner you will have the opportunity to be in three states at once where New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland all meet you can also view the Dingo Fence, which stretches accross much of Australia and which is longer than the Great Wall of China.

At Merty Merty you will view the spectacular red dunes as we travel through the Strzelecki Desert on our nothwards journey towards the Queensland border and beyond, although at the moment the red dunes are mostly covered in green grass.

Along the way, and between places, we will do the well known Strzelecki and Birdsville Tracks. There may even be a chance to do some of the original Strzelecki Track as well as a bit of the Inner Birdsville. Both have been more or less impassable recently becuase of the floods and water damage.

You will have the chance to visit historic sights such as the Dig Tree, Cooper Creek, possibly the Cooper Creek ferry and others.

Whilst in Innamincka hopefully a day trip will see us visit the absolutely outstanding Coongie Lake and Coongie National Park with its very diverse and beautiful scenery, bird life, flora and fauna, which is situated in the Innamincka Regional Reserve. The access road is currently closed (May 2012) but may be open by the time we get there.

Coongie Lake is the main lake in a complex ecological system of 25 lakes, each with individual names, and collectively known as Coongie Lakes.

The yellow bus between Cameron Corner and merty Merty

Innamincka Pub, South Australia

This World Heritage listed area, which is definately one of the highlights of this trip, is often overlooked by other tourists and tour operators.

As we travel north on our departure from Innamincka we will again travel through the eastern regions of the Strzelecki Desert with Birdsville as our next destination.

Whilst in Birdsville we will travel into the eastern fringes of the Simpson Desert where you will have the opportunity to attempt Big Red, the iconic, and biggest, sand dune at the eastern end of the Simpson Desert, the actual drive on the dune is optional and it shouldn't actually be that hard.

Big Red's official name is Nappanerica Dune, doesn't sound as enticing as Big Red does it?

From Birdsville we head south to Marree, the Oodnadatta Track and a trip to Lake Eyre South before heading west again via the Flinders Ranges and our final destination of Broken Hill.

The famous Birdsville Hotel

Flooded track at the foot of Little Red, Simson Desert

The trip is self catered but the cost does include a Desert Parks Pass for your vehicle and all other access and camping fees where applicable.

If you want a true 4wd Tag Along Tour to this outback region then you are unlikely to find better value than this trip. Vehicle numbers will be limited so book early. 10% deposit at time of booking, balance three weeks before the trip commences.

Australian 4x4 Travel will provide a fully equiped support vehicle fitted with long distance HF radio communications equipment, GPS tracking and GPS enabled locator beacon.

Your tour leader has over 45 years of 4wd driving experience both in Australia and overseas and is also a fully qualified driver trainer training up to advanced levels.

The Dog Fence at Cameron Corner

Outstanding Flora & fauna including Sturt's Desert Pea

Thanks and acknowledments to Chris Hammerschmid who took some of the pictures on this page. All images copyright and may not be copied

Australian 4x4 Travel

NSW Corner Country, Cameron Corner, Innamincka, Birdsville and Lake Eyre South 4wd Tag Along Tour

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