Hi Dru,
The Birdsville Inside Track goes through Goyder Lagoon - which on a map is just a large area of land with lots of channels. The Inside Track is nearly always closed as the 'lagoon' is nearly always at least damp.
You are right that unfortunately we likely won't be able to cross the Warburton. We will probably have to take the main Birdsville Track which goes around Goyder Lagoon, not sure what the view will be like. We can stop and have a look at the track where we had hoped to cross the Warburton, and at the Inside Track where it splits off from the main, but I'm not planning to go in if they are closed/bogs. There are not many tracks that link the main Birdsville and Inside tracks, and those there are will probably be impassable.
They had quite a bit of rain in Birdsville and Innaminka last night, with more expected today. The Birdsville Track north of Mungerannie is closed, as are all tracks to Innaminka, but they should re-open in a couple of days.
If they had rain over the desert, it might affect how far we can get into it even from Birdsville (Eyre Creek can flood) we'll see over the next few days.
If we choose to just spend one night in the desert and two in Birdsville as planned, you can do scenic flights from Birdsville over the desert and Goyder Lagoon... to be considered
You can also get on to the north end of the Inside Track just West of Birdsville. If we have a whole day in Birdsville, we could easily drive down and have a look.
I know that some people only want one night bush camping on the QAA line between the dunes. We can decide whether any of us want to push to Poepple or just have that one night, when we get there!
We can chat more about possibilities at the meeting next week. See you there
Dave
PS, thanks for the ABC Link, it was a really good presentation!
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