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May 8, 2009 - Birdsville

We returned to the campsite to retrieve our caravans and headed for Birdsville. ... At the end of the Planet Arrabury Road we turned west onto the Birdsville Developmental Road. ... As we continued on toward Birdsville we passed through the ghost town of Betoota which started as a border town collecting travellers' tolls and taxes. ... As we got closer to Birdsville we passed by a shallow lake which contained some water (encouraging) and much later between two red sand dunes we came across a flat area (swale) with very green vegetation resulting from the Diamantina River having been in flood. ... As we got closer to town we passed by the famous Birdsville Racetrack (all dirt). ...

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