En route to Oodnadatta via the route running east from Cadney Homestead (151km north of Coober Pedy), you pass through the aptly named Painted Desert – a lumpy landscape of rock outcrops, coloured deep red, brown, orange, yellow and white (bring your camera).
Painted Desert

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