Dragon Tree Soak

Been trying for the last 6 months to get permits for a trip next year. Still no decision.

Hi Len,

It's a bit hard to say without any recent updates - that country doesn't change much. All the tracks are overgrown at the best of times. A bit of a low lying area, so may be affected by the two seasons of good rain.

I got permission from KLC when I went in 2011.
Cheers
Alan

Probably a bit late on the reply but my apologies....been out travelleing :-) You may have already viewed these.

The area is situated in the midst of a paleo-drainage area which means that any extraordinary rain fall events make it impassable for months if not a year (such is the case this year).

It's a mean trip in and out but worth it if you can make it. Yajula (Elizabeth Soak) is the jewel in the crown and pales DTS into insignificance as the below videos may attest.

If you goiver it a crack and enter via the Mclarty Hills, make sure you spend some time in the McLarty's looking for art sites and the names of past explorers engraved in the rocky pinnacles.

(As an aside; our access was negotiated with the local T/O's by an intermediator. It came with a map of all the 1980's exploration cut lines and some bloody good stories!)

Tyre damage mainly Len. Cracked a couple of rims on the way in but we welded them up.

Cheers

Mick