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The Best Attractions In Oodnadatta

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Oodnadatta, in the Australian state of South Australia, is a small town surrounded by an area of 7,800 square kilometres with cattle stations in arid pastoral rangelands close to the Simpson Desert, 873 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide and 112 m above sea level. It can be reached by an unsealed road from Coober Pedy or via the unsealed Oodnadatta Track from Marree to Marla or from the north via Finke, Northern Territory . The name is derived from Arrernte utnadata, meaning mulga blossom.The population was 229 in 1976 and decreased to 160 in 1986. The 2006 census reported a population of 277 .
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  • 1. Algebuckina Bridge Oodnadatta
    The Algebuckina Bridge is a Victorian era railway bridge south-east of Oodnadatta, on the Central Australia Railway in South Australia, and opened in January 1892. It was the longest bridge in South Australia until construction of the Seaford suburban rail line across the Onkaparinga River south of Adelaide in 2014.Of lattice steel construction, it comprises 19 spans each 100 feet long. It was strengthened in 1926 to allow it to carry heavier trains.It was built by a team of around 350 men, working in extreme desert heat. Several graves are nearby, and one of them, David Saunders, died in January 1890 from “heart disease accelerated by heat apoplexy.”The bridge crosses the floodplain of the Neales River, which is prone to seasonal flooding, and replaced a surface-level railway which wa...
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  • 2. Painted Desert South Australia
    The Painted Desert is in the Far North of South Australia. It is 120 kilometres north-east of Coober Pedy, in the Arckaringa Station pastoral lease, not far from the homestead. It is notable for its distinctive mesas, mountains, and geological formations. Not far from here on the way to Oodnadatta, there are large areas of ground covered with mica. The entire region is desolate and made up of soft, fragile rock.
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