AnswerID: 126123 Submitted: Sunday, Aug 21, 2005 at 10:12
Willem
replied:
Once upon a long time ago I was towing a 17ft tandem axle trailer weighing 1.5t with a 2 stroke Suzuki and heading north. I opted to drive all the way to
Ayr and
Woodstock over the Great Dividing Range to
Charters Towers which was the gentlest of all the crossings. Later in our travels were dragged a 27ft van around Oz.
Don't go via Mt Morgan!! It is narrow and steep. Don't go via Biloela, Monto, Gayndah etc Very hilly in
places
You could go via Biloela, Banana,
Theodore,
Miles, Goodiwindi and on to the Newell Highway. The only steep road is south between Coonabarabran and Gilgandra and some narrow bridges(or so it seemed with a 27footer on the back).
Alternatively you could go via
Emerald, Springsure, Rolleston, Roma,
St George,
Hebel,
Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Coonamble, Warren, Triangle,
Narromine, Dubbo, West Wyalong, Parkes, Forbes, Nerrandera,
Jerilderie, Cobram, Shepparton, and there you must head towards and along the Hume Highway, skirting
Melbourne and than taking the Expressway to Geelong.
If you continue south of Shepparton via either Bendigo or Ballarat you will encounter the tail end of the Great Dividing Range with so steep down
hill and up
hill runs.
All pretty flat country. This way you stay west of the range.
Happy Travels!
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