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Oodnadatta Track
Andamooka SA 5722
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The old Bersford
railway siding was one of the sites along the line which had giant water softeners to prepare water for the steam locomotive, It is 50.4 km SE from
William Creek. Water for the Ghan was not extracted from the mound springs but from deep underground bores.
Visiting the sidings you can see water softener tanks built to remove the harmful minerals from the
bore water that caused heavy scaling on the boilers of the steam-trains. Unfortunately, there is no water softener available at the
bore head at
Beresford Siding, where there is a
great camp besides the
dam, although the hot water coming from the
bore is irresistible after a few days of
bush camping.
Someone has laid a few sleepers for a shower floor and if you don't mind the colour of the water (black) it's a great refresher. The best
camp is just over the
hill overlooking the large
dam that was built to supply water to the steam locomotives but now used as a watering hole for an incredible amount of wildlife including hundreds of cattle, corellas, galahs, ducks, top-not pigeons, eagles and crows.
Bush camping is permitted here.