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Landing at Marree, SA.
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The Birdsville Track, which runs from Marree to Birdsville, passes through the Goyder Lagoon.
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Goyder Lagoon, part of the Diamantina River floodplain.
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The southern end of the Diamantina River.
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The amazingly colourful desert and large sand dune south of Birdsville.
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The Diamantina River, south-east of Birdsville. Note the two large groups of pelicans in the river.
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Approaching Birdsville, Qld.
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The Warburton River meandering through the Simpson Desert.
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A ribbon of blue across the sand near Lake Eyre.
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The planes GPS tracker shows us flying across Lake Eyre North.
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An island in a flooded Lake Eyre..
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Sand, salt, cloud shadows & reflections at Lake Eyre South.
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Approaching Lake Eyre South.
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Airborne.
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Flying across the Oodandatta Track and the Old Ghan Railway line alongside it. Top right we can just make out the Welcome Creek Rail & Kennebery Creek Rail On the left below us is the Wangianna Creek.
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Witchelina, south-west of Maree
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'Marree Man' was first spotted in June 1998 by outback pilot Trevor Wright.