Simpson Desert Book & Map Pack

Description

Explore Australia’s amazing Simpson Desert with this Map and Book Pack. Start with our Crossing the Dead Heart book recounting the 1939 expedition lead by C.T. Madigan to cross the Simpson Desert. It is a story of great exploratory enterprise and patient scientific investigation. From Charlotte Waters on the South Australian – Northern Territory border, the expedition travelled to its first camp beyond Andado bore, crossed the desert to Birdsville in Queensland, then turned southwest to the shores of Lake Eyre to rejoin the railway at Maree. Add to that the Westprint Outback Maps Simpson Desert Map. This is the revised Simpson Desert Map designed for Trip Planning use. Coverage is from Birdsville and Mungerannie to Oodnadatta, Old Andado, Finke and Todd River Downs plus everything in between. There are insets of Poeppel Corner, Big red to Birdsville and Dalhousie Springs. GPS Locations identify all major features and places of interest are numerically cross referenced to further information on the reverse of the map. Includes Rest Areas, Parking Bays, Fuel, Caravan Parks, trip planning notes and Camping with distances for every road and track. A SA Desert Parks Pass permit is necessary to drive across the desert. Map pack valued between $49.90 and $61.90