Member - John replied:

yes

locallaw replied:

Gidday,Make sure you get to Rabbit Flat when they are open otherwise you wont get fuel.There are other places along the road (track)if needed.Keep your eyes open for straying stock and you are a long way from help if needed.
Have a good trip,
Seeya Locallaw

Member - Nick (TAS) replied:

As said ,yes no worries at all-as long as they dont have rain on it.We drove it about two months ago and apart from a few sections on the Alice Spring end,it really was like a dirt highway.

kimprado replied:

Hi,
As Nick said the Tanami is quite suitable for your verhilce provided its not raining or you go late in the season (corrugations). Ask about road conditions once you get to Tilmouth Roadhouse.
If its been raining heavily, go through Katherine and Kununurra.
It will take you around 2.5 days to get to Halls Creek. Also give some thought to youe fuel.
Have a good trip
Regards
Kim

Footloose replied:

I was on it 2 weeks ago. I'd check road conditions in Alice first, as a guy I met had rolled his troopy on the Tanami at 40k/h (truck wheelruts...he wasn't the only one). Tilmouth Well is a great spot if you don't need any mech or tyre work, once you leave Alice you're on your own. Plenty of cattle and roos on the first 150K of the southern end .

ToyMotor replied:

Sometimes it is a well graded road - sometimes it's not. Check the road conditions first - it can be pretty bad at times, and you wouldn't think about taking a Falcon ute on it then.

Oh, and by the way, NO NEED TO SHOUT!

Cheers

peterll replied:

As others have mentioned, check the road conditions and if wet then consider an alternative route.

Otherwise, the Road (it is no longer a track ..ah the fun when it was way back when).. out of Alice it is actually paved in several sections. Fuel at Tillmouth Well and Yuendumu (expensive and Do Not take photographs) and then Rabbit Flat if you arrive on the right days. Some corrigations at the W.A. border and then some winding road as you begin to climb up into the hills surrounding Halls Creek.

When you come out on the paved road again it is a right turn into Halls Creek and then an about turn, back toward Fitroy Crossing.

oh yes.. keep out of the way of the flying tourist buses, they don't slow down to much.

Best place to eat from then on is the sportsmans club in Derby. or if not hungry then at the turn off just turn left and head off down to Broome.

The art shop in Halls Creek is worth a look, the Shell Roadhouse is ok. Last time through the Shell at Fitzroy Crossing was temporarily closed. (no cook therefore no fuel) but the BP is okfor fuel that is.

Like so many unsealed roads these days.. the legend does not live up to what is now.

Kiwi Kia replied:

I did a trip accross the Tanami about a month ago and prob traveled at 80 - 85 kmph most of the way in a 100 series Toyota. The only things to note are; the weather, fuel stops, food and water. Lower your tyre pressure a little and watch out for crazy drivers that do not slow down when comming towards you. The road to the metor crater is very rough (corrogations only) and I do not advise going there unless you have a 4wd type suspension.

Member - Collyn R (WA) replied:

I have gone back and forth across the Tanami Rd about 10 times in the past three or four years - in my OKA. It's a breeze in that vehicle but most times I see a few standard but usually oldish Fords and Holdens along the way. Ialso have friends where i live (in Broome) who occasionally travel the Rd in 2Wd vehicles.

The surface varies a fair bit from time to time but it's never absurdly bad except during the wet - when it's often closed anyway. There's no need whatever for 4WD as such - only the ruggedness hope Certainly if any slipped through, a large number of people complained.wfully associated with them.

In summary - probably fine but I would not do it more than once or twice in a 2WD car as it does give a standard vehicle a fair battering.
Collyn Rivers

Lyds replied:

We were planning to go over the Tanami from Halls Creek to Alice a few weeks ago.

We turn up at the Halls Creek information centre to ask about road conditions. They said, "Oh, not good". They said because of the recent rains they had "heard" of people being rescued out of Tilmouth. BUT, they could only give me conditions to the WA border; to get the rest I would have to speak to Alice Springs. Did they have the number for them? No.

So I rifle through my stuff and get the number for AS info centre. They said they'd heard the road was OK from someone who travelled it, but that was before the latest round of rain. They said I should call NT Roads.

I call NT Roads and sit through 5 minutes of recorded messages that tell me the road is corrugated, washouts, etc nothing to say how drivable it is.

As it was now about midday and we're towing, we made the choice not to do it, but stick to the tar. Talk about some extra km's!

I can't believe that roads the Tanami that cross WA/NT don't have a coordinated updates on road conditions. What a joke.