Planning Oodnadatta Trek, Do we visit Halligan Bay?

Forgot to mention, driving RC Colorado 4x4 & not towing.

It's a normal dirt track in with not too many obstacles under normal conditions. The lake starts a few hundred metres from the car park. You can walk out on the salt very easily but you lose your sense of where you are very quickly because it is just so large. I thought it was worthwhile.

Here's the track to Halligan Bay. Well worth the short trip.

35 - Route to Kati-Thanda by Yoorala, on Flickr

Allan,

You would have no problem driving out to Halligan Bay, unless rain has affected the track.
The Pub proprietor would no the state of the track at any given time.

Worth the drive out as you get to a plateau along the track, then look down on the lower level as you drive down the grade, with the Lake shimmering way in the distance.

You would also have bragging rights to having visited the lowest place on the Australian mainland, at 15 metres below sea level. (from memory)

I would recommend you plan at least one overnight stop, as by the time you drive out to Halligan Bay, have a walk out to the lake surface (not far) then drive back, you wouldn't get much further along the Oodnadatta Track before nightfall.

We actually spent 3 nights at the campground there some years ago, when the Dingo Cafe was in operation. Loved the remote feeling of the area.
We did a two flight package from Wrightsair over the painted Hills at sunset, then a flight the next day over the edge of Lake Eyre, along the edge of the Simpson Desert to Dalhousie Springs for a dip, before calling in to the "International Airport" at Oodnadatta, where we were picked up by Adam Plate in the Pink Limo for an Oodnadatta Burger at the Roadhouse.

Both Trevor Wright and Adam Plate were interesting outback characters and we really enjoyed our "unplanned excursion" from Wrightsair.

Gee, I must go back as I haven't met the most recent proprietors of the iconic Oodnadatta Pub and need to check if my EDS business card is still to the left side of the Bar:-)

Thank you everyone, your input is greatly appreciated. Cant wait to get out there.
Cheers,

Like the looks of that photo... What else is out there? Got more snaps?