The Oodnadatta Track

The Oodnadatta Track is an unsealed 614 km outback road, connecting Marla in the north-west via Oodnadatta to Marree in the south-east. Along the way, the track passes the settlements of Oodnadatta and William Creek, the southern lake of the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, and various mound springs known as Freeling Springs, Strangways Springs, and The Bubbler and Blanche Cup (Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs).

The track follows a traditional Australian Aboriginal trading route. Along the track are numerous springs feeding water from the Great Artesian Basin. It was also the route taken by the explorer John McDouall Stuart on his third expedition in 1859. Remnants of the many railway sidings and bridges, the ruins of railway buildings, and Overland Telegraph Line repeater stations are located along the track. The track was named by Adam Plate of the Oodnadatta Progress Association in about 1980.