Red Centre Road Conditions
Barkly Hwy
Plese Note Travel Restrictions on Barkly Highway until Repairs are effected.
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Austral Downs Road | Open |
Between Barkly Highway Intersection and Sandover Highway Intersection
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Barkly Highway | Open |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Barkly Stock Route | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Ranken Road | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Stuart Highway to Tablelands Highway (Barkly Hsd) | Open |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Tablelands Highway (Barkly Hsd) to Camooweal | Open |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Carpentaria Hwy
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Calvert Road (Tablelands Hway to Wollogorang Rd) | Caution |
(Calvert Road)
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Carpentaria Highway | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Chambers Pillar and Rainbow Valley Access
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
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| Hugh River Stock Route | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Maryvale Rd | Caution |
High Clearance vehicles only
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Rainbow Valley Access | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Davenport Range
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
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| Kurundi/Epenarra Hatches Road | Open 4WD |
High Clearance Only Between Canteen Creek Turn-off and Murray Downs Elkedra Road Intersection
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Murray Downs Road | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Docker River Road (Yulara to WA border)
Kings Canyon, Finke Gorge & Ayers Rock Access
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Boggy Hole Access | Open 4WD |
High Clearance
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Ernest Giles Rd | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Larapinta Drive (Mereenie Loop) | Caution |
Areyonga Road to Kings Canyon
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Luritja Road | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Mulga Park Road | Caution |
High Clearance
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Namatjira Dr | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Palm Valley Access | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Tjukaruru Access (Docker River) | Caution |
Olgas to WA Border
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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McDonnell Ranges
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Arltunga Rd (The Garden) | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Kintore Rd | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Namatjira Kintore Link Rd | Open 4WD |
High Clearance
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Ndahla Gorge Access | Open 4WD |
Changing surface conditions - Unsealed road with bulldust, rough and corrugated
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Owen Springs 4x4 Access | Open 4WD |
High Clearance Vehicles Only
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Red Bank Gorge Access | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Ringwood Nummery Rd | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Serpentine Gorge Access | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Mt Dare
This area is for roads north of Mt Dare to Alice Springs.
Travel in this area is good. Care must be taken as there has been many accidents in this region, mostly due to speed and inexperience, slow down!
Drive according to track conditions, accidents in the Outback nearly always results in a roll over, not a good way to end to a holiday or worse still your life!
Cool to warm days can be expected, low 20's with an overnight low around 0 - 5 deg, sub zero isn't unusual.
Call Mt Dare Hotel for more info, 08 8670 7835 or www.mtdare.com.au
For roads to the South of Mt Dare see the
SA Road Conditions - Mt Dare section | Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
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| Alice Springs to Finke (OLD GHAN TRACK) | Open 4WD |
Good through to Maryvale with the odd rough section. Rough and corrugated from Rodinga Siding to Finke on the old railway line, slow and undulating along the old road now the “Finke Desert Race Track”. Beware of oncoming traffic; beware of abandoned cars, severe washouts & rutting where the race track crosses the main track. 4x4 recommended. (5 hr, 220 km)
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Alice Springs to Old Andado | Open 4WD |
The drive through the Rodinga Range is quite spectacular in the morning or afternoon. This is definitely a worthwhile alternative way to go south (or north). High Clearance 4x4 recommended (5 hr 320 km).
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Finke to Mt Dare | Open 4WD |
There are some rough sections but mostly pretty good. Charlotte Waters is an old Repeater Station that was very important in its day. Slow down for oncoming traffic. Watch out for Cattle (1 ½ hr, 100 km)
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Kulgera to Finke | Open 4WD |
Changing surface conditions unsealed road with rough surface watch out for cattle and oncomming traffic throwing up stones and dust. (2 hr 150 km)
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Lambert Centre | Open 4WD |
The 12km drive is slow and a bit sandy; allow at least an hour to return to the Kulgera – Finke rd. There’s a flag pole that looks like it belongs in Canberra and marks the geographical centre of Aus, this track is passable by 4x4 only. (1 hr, 24 km)
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Old Andado to Mt Dare | Open 4WD |
Check with Mt Dare
This is one of the outback’s picturesque drives through the Finke River floodout, this track is OK but slow. Molly Clarke pops in from time to time but if you miss her caretakers welcome you to have a look around or camp. The old homestead is like a living museum; watch out for Cattle. 4x4 recommended, (2 hr, 100 km).
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Plenty Hwy
Road open to all vehicles, but closed beyond the Queensland border due to flooding.
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| End of Bitumen to QLD Border | Caution |
High clearance only - Bulldust holes.
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Lucy Creek and Queensland Border | Caution |
Road damage
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Plenty Highway Intersection and Lucy Creek | Open |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Sandover Hwy
Between Ammaroo and Queensland Border High Clearance Only Changing Surface Conditions Unsealed service with slippery surface and rutting
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
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| Argadargada Station Access Road and Metards Bore | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Between Ammaroo and Queensland Border | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Between Plenty Highway Intersection and Grid | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Sandy Blight Rd
Savannah Way (Great Top Road)
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Calvert Road | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Wollogorang Road | Open 4WD |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Stuart Highway
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Gilbert Swamp, 70km South of Tennant Creek | Open |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Tanami Rd
Some Road Damage
| Section/Road/Track | Status | Comments |
|---|
| Between Granites Mine and Lajamanu Road Intersecti | Caution |
High clearance
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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| Between Lajamanu Road Intersection and WA Border | Caution |
Updated: 17/11/2009 8:03:36 AM
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Red Centre Weather & Climate
Closest Weather Station
Alice Springs Airport at 04:00 22 Nov CST
Distance from Alice Springs 10.56km S
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 17.5°C |
14.3°C |
55% |
8.4°C |
1014.0hPa |
0.0mm |
S |
15km/h
8knots |
20km/h
11knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Alice Springs Airport
Distance from Alice Springs 10.56km S
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
36.3 | 35.1 | 32.7 | 28.2 |
23.0 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 22.6 |
27.1 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 35.4 |
| Mean Min. °C |
21.4 | 20.8 | 17.5 | 12.6 |
8.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
10.2 | 14.8 | 17.9 | 20.2 |
| Mean Rain mm |
38.0 | 42.3 | 31.9 | 16.8 |
19.4 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 9.5 |
8.3 | 21.9 | 26.7 | 37.5 |
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