Marree & Lake Eyre
On Saturday the 22nd April we finished up our tour of Farina Downs ruins before lunch and then headed to Marree. It was only a 50km or less trip. We went straight on into the van park and got set up on a couple of powered sites. We could have stayed at the pub for free but it was expected you buy a meal there and I knew the prices were pretty high for drinks so it would not have been cheap to dine there. The land beyond Marree and leading up to it for that matter is pretty sparse looking but it still supports sheep and cattle. After setting up and having lunch we went for a walk. It was a beautiful warm afternoon there at Marree. There are just the two streets in Marree apart from a couple of intersecting streets linking them. Where we were in the van park is at one end of the main streets. This is the view to the other end which is the large building on the right hand side, being the pub. The other street contains a road house, the Marree Yatch Club and a few houses. The yatch c...