Strzelecki Desert Information

The dunefields of the Strzelecki Desert fan out from the Naterannie Sandhills in a north easterly trend. The sandhills are intersected with numerous claypans and floodplains.The desert stretches from the western edge of New South Wales across to the Birdsville Track in South Australia. The Birdsville track cuts a swathe between the Tirari Desert and the Strzelecki. The salt lakes Callabonna and Frome mark its southern edge along with the northern tip of the Flinders Ranges. The deserts northern edge is roughly the woodland of the Cooper floodplain, beyond which lies Sturt Stony Desert. Through the middle of the desert runs the Strzelecki Creek, which is a branch of the Cooper that terminates at Lake Blanchewater alongside which runs the Strzelecki Track. The Strzelecki Regional Reserve is within the desert.