Marree is at the other end of the Birdsville Track. It was once an important railway town for movement of people and goods, including cattle for the Adelaide markets. The last train left Marree in 1981 when the main line to the north was moved. Marree is now a quiet town with a hotel and a roadhouse.
We drove to the southern edge of Lake Eyre via the Ooodnadatta Track and also took a small plane flight from Marree to view it from the air. The lake was largely dry while we were there.
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| Historic Marree hotel. |
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| End of the railway for Marree |
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| An abandoned house. |
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| Some distance up on the Oondnadatta Track - a view of Lake Eyre in the distance. |
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| Unusual exhibits at "Plane Henge" (Multonia Sculpture Park), Oodnadatta Track. |
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| On the shore of Lake Eyre (More than 10m below sea level). |
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| Salt on the shore of Lake Eyre. |
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| One of them was the pilot. |
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| Goyder Channel joining Lake Eyre North to the South, from the air. |
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| Plane's shadow on the salt pan of dry Lake Eyre. |
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