b'CLUB SPOTLIGHT MILDURA 4WD CLUBWe continued along Tea Tree Road, heading northDay 3, 23 May, Montecollina Bore to Burke & Wills and parallel to the Flinders Ranges. As expected,Dig Treethe road was quite dusty but otherwise in goodMy rear tyre was flat so was pumped up, with the condition, allowing speeds of around 80km/hr.car jacked up, and water poured on the tyre looking The tourist trail for this side of the Flinders stopsfor the leak so it could be plugged. Nobody could at the Gammon Ranges National Park (Northernhear or see the leak, so the spare tyre was fitted. We Flinders). The road from there to Moolawatanathen headed towards Innamincka.and the Strzelecki Track was largely single laneThe Strzelecki did not improve much as we and ordinary, varying from OK to ordinary. Thetravelled north - rough but OK. We turned right Strzelecki Track whilst wider, was topped with aonto the Merty Merty-Cameron Corner Road and mixture of limestone and clay, making it quite roughtravelled for about 10km before turning left onto with extensive corrugations in spots. the Old Strzelecki Track. And the first thing we see is We continued on to Montecollina Bore where wethe Bone Mana Statue of sorts made on old cow camped for the night. After just one day everyonebones and various bric-a-brac added by locals and had sorted out their camping arrangements andtouristsour camp was quickly set up. This is quite a largeThe old Strzelecki is an older style road graded free camping area well off the road. It originallybelow the surrounding land. It had suffered contained a free-flowing bore piping hot water intosignificant flooding and damage in the recent rains. an adjacent dam, suitable for swimming. The boreThere were numerous chicken tracks around the has since been capped. worst damage but largely there had been sufficient traffic to wear a one lane smooth surface. The other/TRACKWATCH|Spring 2025 19'