Oodnadatta Track

The Oodnadatta Track is a 620 km unsealed outback heritage drive in South Australia's Far North, running from Marree to Marla via William Creek and Oodnadatta. It follows Aboriginal trade routes, the Overland Telegraph Line and the former Central Australia Railway (Old Ghan) corridor. Notable for desert landscapes, mound springs, Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda) views and well-preserved railway ruins, it is a major remote touring route.

Visitors can expect a remote, unsealed corrugated gravel track through arid desert plains, gibber, dunes and salt lakes. The route passes mound springs, ruins of the Old Ghan railway including sidings, bridges and the Algebuckina Bridge, small outback settlements with roadhouses at Marree, William Creek and Oodnadatta, and natural attractions such as Coward Springs and Lake Eyre South viewpoints. Facilities are very limited and distances between services are long. Travel is self-reliant, with camping, sightseeing, photography and heritage interpretation along the way.