Innamincka

The Innamincka Regional Reserve, located around the tiny township of Innamincka on the banks of the Cooper Creek, is one of the greatest Outback places in Australia to visit.
It has beautiful River Red Gum lined permanent waterholes, abundant bird life and is rich in history.

The photo below is the waterhole in Cooper Creek of the Innamincka town common.

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The famous and ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition passed through this area on its way from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The Dig Tree is located just outside the reserve, over the border in Queensland, was the location of the base camp, where Burke, Wills and King returned from the north to find that the search party for them had just left in the morning of the day of their arrival. All the search party had left for them, were some burried supplies near the tree and a carved message in the Dig Tree. The carved message told them, where they should dig to find the supplies, hence the name Dig Tree.

Corni Paroo Waterhole

Corni Paroo Water, on the Paroo River, is in Currawinya National Park near Hungerford in Outback Queensland just north of the border with New South Wales. It is one of our favourite camping spots.

The Paroo River is a tributary to the Darling River and the last free-flowing river system in the Murray-Darling Basin, although it only flows after heavy rain.

Currawinya National Park also features a two large lakes, Lake Wyara (saltwater) and Lake Numalla (freshwater). The last time we visited the lakes (June 2007) they were both low.

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