Fisher telecomunications tower camp Trans Line SA

This afternoon was windy all again so we searched for some shelter.

We jacked-knifed the vehicle and trailer to create a wind-break for the tent door and set up for a beer and meal. The wind soon settled after sunset. Anthony managed to get a bit of shelter behind the shed.

see some details of all the Nullarbor railway sidings, named after Australian Prime Ministers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Regional_Reserve

Trans Access Road
•Some notes on the TransAccess Track: Fuel at Glendambo, Kingoonya and Forrest, though I would call Forrest to make sure they have some. This could be the last refuel for a while as it seems they will be heading N or S on the Connie Sue.
Camping anywhere along the line, but there is a camp area in Kingoonya where there is a drop toilet, and a short walk to the pub for dinner, camping in Cook by the old school, paid camping at Forrest with flushing toilets and hot showers and camping at Rawlinna by the Rodeo grounds.
Note: the property north of the rail line from around Barton to the WA border is Aboriginal land and not normally accessible. If camping by the rail line keep your fire small and masked from any approaching trains .... at night, the drivers don’t know whether the fire is on the line (signifying danger) or not. There are fines if you stop a train unnecessarily.
It's not cheap, but I would recommend a tour of the Maralinga Atomic bomb site. It's a very informative whole day tour and needs to be booked in advance (maralingatours.com.au). In the fee, you get two nights camping with fire, flushing toilets and hot showers, a whole day tour and the Aboriginal permit, so the price isn't too bad considering. To get there you head north west across the rail line from Ooldea and Maralinga is about 50km away. You could return heading straight to Watson on the rail line, but about 3km west of the Ooldea crossing is a new monument to commemorate the joining of the eastbound and westbound tracks as the line was being built. So, if going to Maralinga, see the monument first. Also, just east of the crossing at Ooldea is a monument to Daisy Bates.
There is an obelisk on the north of the line at Deakin which marks the WA/SA border. 24km east of Forrest, on the north side of the line is a small shelter built from sleepers. It is a great blowhole.
Jill (and Rod) Campbell at Kybo sheep station (3km south of Nurina rail station) has a personal museum housed in a portacabin. It includes a lot of historical documents, photos and all sorts of things they have picked up on their property including tektites. If you are interested, give them a call to see if you can visit.
Telstra have set up mobile phone towers along the line, so other than a few black spots, there's Telstra coverage all the way.
From Cook to Haig is 20-30kmph across limestone, with numerous sharp nodules. It has been done before with a van (there's a photo in the Forrest 'camp kitchen')
Don’t expect it to be easy, because you need to concentrate on the best path through the limestone, especially taking into account you will have a van behind. Malcolm and Trish
•In reply to the request re the Trans Access Road between Tarcoola and the Connie Sue, sadly the section between Lyons and Haig has been closed to public use for several years and no permits will be issued and is marked as such on all good maps (current). Russ.
•We travelled in 4WD Vehicles from Kalgoorlie on transcontinental track in July this year hoping to get through to Glendambo. From Rawlinna the track deteriorated so much so by the time we got to Haig we were down to 15kph. The track almost was nothing and so rocky and actually petered out at Loongana. We then drove down to Madura on a rough track’. Very disappointed that we could not continue on the Transcontinental, but it was impassable, and I certainly would not recommend towing a caravan. Jan and Robert

from www.westprint.com.au

PA140143

Taken in: Australia / South Australia / Fisher (show map)

Taken on: October 14, 2009

Tags:

2009

travel

Trans

Pacific

line

South

Australia

camp

campsite

radio

tower

Regional

Reserve

Drysdale

greynomad

bush

Remote

Rocks

track

link

redbull

jack-knife

transline

Fisher

smoky

Anthony

noothertouristsaround

Vertical

Telstra

flickrspelio

roundaustraliawithspelio « less

Sets appears in: • A random selection of good shots • Campsites I/we have made. more » • Melb. to Perth, stage 2, across the Nullarbor THT WA. 2009 • A Selection... « less

Groups appears in: • Australia trip • The Cloud Appreciation Society more » • GeoTagging Flickr • Vertical [No AI or SL] • Trove: Australia in Pictures • Olympus Users • Aussie Camping • *Flickr Wind* • Aussie all over! • Outback Australia • YourCampsites • Australia-down-under • GEOTRAVEL FOTOLOGUES • ExpeditionOz • ...Australia... • Campsite Register • Outback South Australia • National Geographic | World Wide • Strictly GeoTagged (no 30/60 limit) • Camping around the world • Remote areas of the World • Geo-Tagging the Planet one Photo at a Time • World Travel: Geotagged Only • National Geographic Society • I Use Olympus Cameras • Olympus AU • Crossing the Nullarbor • Camping Spots Of The World • beatifulgeographies • !Verticality! • Travels With My Camera - Australia • All Your Photos and Mine (No 30/60 limit - Photos from anywhere) • Along Country Roads & Lanes (No 30/60 limit) « less

Camera: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C3040Z, f/3.6, 1/500 sec, 7.3mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C3040Z
Aperture:	f/3.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	7.3mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery12.0.1329.201
Show full info

Stats: 1,932 views / 4 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: