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“Just follow the Old Ghan Railroad north until Marree and turn left” These are my instructions to Mr T, as we are on the lookout for the Marree Man. We’re on day 2 of our Outback flying trip and heading north after circling inside the crater of Wiilpena Pound earlier. The Old Ghan Railroad is not that obvious to spot from the air, but luckily it runs along the Outback Highway and… Read More

“ We can’t take off until the fog has lifted “ It is flying rule 101, explained by Mr T as we sit on the airstrip in Cootamundra, on that cold Sunday morning in June.  This is the start of a week of flying the Outback, a plan hatched only a few days before when we heard that Lake Eyre was filling up with water for the first time in years. While… Read More