OODNADATTA
Oodnadatta is an aboriginal word meaning "blossom of the mulga." It's about 1,000 kms north of Adelaide from the Stuart Highway and Coober Pedy via Maree on the Oodnadatta Track. There's 600 kms of dirt road. It is the right distance from everywhere. The population is about 150 people. You can see the museum tour in the railway station,the historic General store, the Aboriginal school, a hospital where you can find out about the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Afghan graves and the Transcontinental Hotel. Oodnadatta lives on tourist traffic heading for the Simpson Desert, Painted Desert, Dalhousie Springs, Alice Springs, The Oodnadatta track running south to Williams Creek and Lake Eyre.
OODNA-BLOODY-DATTA
This town's a bloody cuss,
No bloody trams, no bloody bus,
And no one cares for bloody us,
In Oodna bloody datta .
Just bloody heat and bloody flies,
The bloody sweat runs in your eyes,
And if it rains, what a surprise!
In Oodna bloody datta.
No bloody fun, no bloody games,
No bloody sport. No bloody dames,
Won't even give their bloody names,
In Oodna bloody datta.
No bloody clouds or bloody rain,
No bloody curbs no bloody drains,
The bloody councils got no brains,
In Oodna bloody datta.
The bloody goods are bloody dear,
A bloody buck for a bloody beer,
But is it good? no bloody fear,
In Oodna bloody datta.
The bloody dances make you smile,
The bloody band is bloody vile,
They only cramp your bloody style,
In Oodna bloody datta
The best place is in bloody bed,
With bloody ice upon your head,
You might as well be bloody dead,
In Oodna bloody datta.
Anonymous.
