WONDEROUS DESERT WETLAND

THE TRACK ends suddenly, the line of trees marking the channel of the north-west branch of the Cooper Creek barring progress farther north. To the east, a low ridge of sand blocks, while behind the screen of trees to the north and west there’s often a duct of muddy shallow water, a hangover from the last flood that oozed down this outback waterway.

We were at the most northerly camping spot in what is now the Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park, in South Australia. The route to the park and the campground had only recently opened (Sep, 2019) after being closed for some months after a flush of water had found its way down