b'CLUB SPOTLIGHT MILDURA 4WD CLUBsecond lane was still wheel ruts. We stopped at one of flooded and very muddy borrow pits to dunk the tyre and find the leak. A 50mm piece if a flat blade screwdriver was removed and the tyre plugged.Arrived at Innamincka around lunch time. Time for a little wander, pie and drink for lunch and diesel the carsnext fuel would be Birdsville. In front of the Innamincka pub and store was a bank of 4 showers - $2 for 3 minutes and everyone indulged.We headed for the Dig Tree, having lost 1 to 2 hours with the flat tyre and showers we bypassed the Burke & Wills Memorial, formerly known as their graves site. It is where Burke was originally buried, but in 1862, they were disinterred and reburied in the Melbourne general cemetery. We continued on our way towards Haddon We continued to the Burke and Wills Dig TreeCorner. As usual stopping at a treed dry creek bed Reserve set aside by Nappa Merrie Station and setupfor fallen timber to cut up for our fires. My ExplorOz camp for the night.maps showed a second, angled route to the corner. Day 4, 24 May, Burke & Wills Dig Tree to HaddonThis track was much more scenic and better than Corner and Birdsville the main Haddon Corner Road which we used on the We left the Dig Tree and headed North along theway out. Araby Road. Road was rough/stony and dusty. AfterWe took the main Haddon Corner Road, over two a few kilometres, the road dipped down into a verysand dunes back to the Araby Road. This section wide and picturesque plain. The road was sealed forof this road past the dunes has been totally rebuilt the climbs into and out of the valley. Once out of thewithin the last 4 years, transforming it from a valley the road was more sandy and easier to travel. narrow dry weather track to a well-formed wide All the way from the Dig Tree we were followingroad. We continued along the Araby Road to the the tracks of two bicycles. Two males from TasmaniaBirdsville Developmental Road and turned west.who had ridden from Melbourne via Mildura andDespite our early start, we seemed to be running were heading for Birdsville and beyond. We stoppeda bit late. Fortunately, the developmental Road was in for a chat and topped up their water plus a coldexcellent conditions allowing speeds of up to 90kph.drink from the fridge. Given the general flatness of the surrounding 20 TRACKWATCH| Spring 2025'