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Birdsville Tk at Cooper Creek - SA

Having the right equipment

Having to stop on northern bank

Having a squizz

Having a flood June 2010

Having it easy south of the crossing

River Crossing

Position

DEG: -28.5987 138.714111

DMS: 28º 35' 55.32" S 138º 42' 50.8" E

UTM: 54 J 6834339mN 276468mE

Altitude: 13.48m

Address & Contact

Birdsville Track
Etadunna SA 5733

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Information

Floodplain crossing usually bone dry. Flooded every 15 to 20 years, so at such times the Cooper Creek Ferry must be used. About 4 km of the track went under to a depth of 1.2m in 2010. Quite canoeable among the coolibahs. 2025 flood is bigger than 2010 but soaking in more as the desert is drier in 2025. Tracking the flood from Innamincka, the flow rate varied but in the end it took exacly the same time - 82 days - to reach the track on June 24th 2025.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Marree Airport at 24/02:30am CDT

Distance from Birdsville Tk at Cooper Creek 133.42km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.3°C	27.2°C	84%	23.4°C	1005.3hPa	0.2mm	E	24km/hr 13knots	32km/hr 17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Marree Comparison

Distance from Birdsville Tk at Cooper Creek 132.6km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	37.9	36.8	33.9	28.5	23.1	19.6	19.1	21.4	25.7	29.5	33.3	36.1
Mean Min. °C	21.4	21.1	18.0	13.3	8.9	5.9	4.9	6.3	9.8	13.4	16.9	19.5
Mean Rain mm	17.2	21.2	14.4	10.7	13.3	13.7	10.0	9.1	10.6	13.2	12.0	16.5