Mungerannie to Coward Springs - Day 14, 22/04/2016
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we should have paid more attention to all the signs that said don't camp here when we arrived at Mungerannie….
Turns out the Mungerannie Hotel is home to the local miners and party central every night. We had the pleasure of being kept up by a group of miners and the hotel operators until 2am with general drunken behaviour, singing, fights and screaming matches. If you are travelling through these parts and need to camp here I'd suggest camping as far away as possible from the hotel or alternatively travel further south and free camp at the Cooper Creek camping area, you really aren't missing much at Mungerannie.
So after our very pleasant night we were up early as the same miners all had to get to the mine site nice and early so we packed up camp and hit the road. We stopped at a few of the ruins along the Birdsville track and the Cooper Creek camp site for morning tea. From here we continued onto Marree for lunch and a look around, we filled up with diesel (1.70 per litre) and then hit the Oodnadatta track.
We stopped in at a few of the old railway sidings and ruins to check them out then moved onto Alberrrie Creek were we stopped to have a look at all of the sculptures. By this time the afternoon was getting away from us so we continued onto Coward Springs, we did have a brief stop at the Lake Eyre South lookout for the obligatory photo on our way to Coward Springs. After our experience last night anywhere would look appealing but Coward Springs is an awesome spot, the camp ground and facilities are very well kept and the Hot Spring Spa is a nice way to relax after a day in the car on dusty tracks. At the time of writing this we are just about to tuck into dinner and a glass of red then it will be early to bed for a good nights sleep.
Turns out the Mungerannie Hotel is home to the local miners and party central every night. We had the pleasure of being kept up by a group of miners and the hotel operators until 2am with general drunken behaviour, singing, fights and screaming matches. If you are travelling through these parts and need to camp here I'd suggest camping as far away as possible from the hotel or alternatively travel further south and free camp at the Cooper Creek camping area, you really aren't missing much at Mungerannie.
So after our very pleasant night we were up early as the same miners all had to get to the mine site nice and early so we packed up camp and hit the road. We stopped at a few of the ruins along the Birdsville track and the Cooper Creek camp site for morning tea. From here we continued onto Marree for lunch and a look around, we filled up with diesel (1.70 per litre) and then hit the Oodnadatta track.
We stopped in at a few of the old railway sidings and ruins to check them out then moved onto Alberrrie Creek were we stopped to have a look at all of the sculptures. By this time the afternoon was getting away from us so we continued onto Coward Springs, we did have a brief stop at the Lake Eyre South lookout for the obligatory photo on our way to Coward Springs. After our experience last night anywhere would look appealing but Coward Springs is an awesome spot, the camp ground and facilities are very well kept and the Hot Spring Spa is a nice way to relax after a day in the car on dusty tracks. At the time of writing this we are just about to tuck into dinner and a glass of red then it will be early to bed for a good nights sleep.
Distance Traveled = 326 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 23,830 km
Total number of nights in the camper = 157
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