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Simpson
Desert
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 The
Simpson Desert Consists of a sea of parallel red sand dunes covering an
area of 170,000 sq km (as large as England and Wales). It lies across the
corners of South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Rainfall is low on average 125 mm per year and temperatures exceed
50 degrees in summer and can drop down 0 degrees in winter. |
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At AMCR we do many excursions to remote places around Australian and
one such adventure was across the Simpson Desert in August.
This is the best time of the year to cross due to the cool nature of
the climate during the day but as soon as the sun goes down you can feel
the nip in air straight away.
A lot of literature from various 4 wheel drive magazines say the easiest
way to cross the Simpson Desert is from West to East because of dunes being
shaped by the wind over time. This is true, the Eastern face of dune is
stepper than western side but the problem is that there are many 4 wheel
drives crossing the desert from West to East and this tends to chop up
the Western face of the dunes making for a lot more loose sand and harder
going for motorcycle and vehicle up the face of the dune.
The easiest and the most scenic route to cross the Simpson Desert from
Birdsville to Purnie Bore is the QAA line to Poeppel's Corner, then taking
the WBY line (heading south) off the French line which will lead you onto
the Rig Road (which heads you in a westerly direction once more). Follow
the Rig Road until it rejoins the French line again and this lead you to
Purnie Bore. You really can't get lost out there and every thing is pretty
much sign posted.
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