Colson Track –South Australia | |
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| The Colson Track (blue and white) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Track |
| Length | 336 km (209 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Numery Station 24°00′44″S 135°25′37″E / 24.012223°S 135.426978°E Hale, Northern Territory |
| South end | Lynnies Junction 26°19′24″S 136°49′23″E / 26.323285°S 136.822924°E Simpson Desert, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Central Australia (NT),[1] Far North (SA)[2] |
| Restrictions | |
| Permits | 2 required |
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Colson Track is a remote dirt track in Australia running between Numery Station in Hale, Northern Territory, and the Simpson Desert in South Australia.[3] It is named in honour of Ted Colson, the first person of European descent to make a successful crossing of the Simpson Desert on foot.[4]
- ^ "investNT - Northern Territory Interactive Map". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ Madigan, Cecil (2001). Crossing the Dead Heart. Marleston S.A.: J.B.Books. p. 11. ISBN 1-876-622-164.