PHILADELPHIA: From over the horizon, the first caravan appears. Tagging along behind are two more.
Seven hours north of Adelaide, the convoy is headed to Farina, a once-thriving town on the edge of the Birdsville Track.
In its heyday, Farina had a population of around 600. Today its permanent population is zero.
Farina used to be a major trucking yard for cattle and sheep that would travel down the Oodnadatta, Birdsville and Strzelecki tracks.