Connie Sue
Submitted: Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 08:25
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Stewy
Planning a trip down the Connie Sue but have found conflicting route information from
Rawlinna to Cocklebiddy between the Hemma and Westprint maps can anyone clear up which track can be used
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:20
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:20
No matter which "tracks" you take there, it is a maze!! There are only a couple of rudimentary signs. I followed the Hema route a couple of times, and it is fine. Hardest part is finding the correct track out of
Rawlinna - you've actually got to go west for a kilometer or two.
But with a good sense of direction and/or oziexplorer, you'll be fine.
Cheers
phil
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:24
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:24
And its public access despite what the Hema map says.
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Reply By: Stewy - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:53
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:53
Thanks Phil
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Reply By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:54
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:54
Phil's right on the money Stewy.
There are tracks going everywhere there and none is better than any other from what I can tell, and they are all prone to lots of nullabor
rock interspersed with sand or mud.
Ciao for now
Andrew.
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Reply By: Willem - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 15:34
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 15:34
Stewy
I confirm what all have said.
When you drive out of
Rawlinna go to the west and then cross over the railway line. The road continues west for a short distance and the veers sharply to the east down a fenceline. Follow that along for a shortish distance and then turn right, through a
gate. The track is
well defined after that but there are a few side tracks. They all end up at Cocklebiddy though, that is, if you stick to a south easterly direction.
The main confusion is the the 50km before
Rawlinna driving south, where station tracks criss cross the Connie Sue. Look out for a faint windrow and that should be Len Beadells
grader track.
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - David - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 18:28
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 18:28
Have a look at these plot files for the route - Site Link
Must admit when we were out there it was difficult to find the south bound open access track as all the gates we found had "NO ACCESS - Rawlina Station" all over them. Does anyone have a plot file or waypoint of the actual turn off from the trans con rail line...... We had come up from Cocklebiddy and when we exited the track we read the sign on the back of the
gate (ie the road in from Rawlina) that said NO ACCESS - we have been meaning to contact Rawlina Station to ask because we wanted to publish some notes for this area.
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 18:37
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 18:37
Just thought this may help - The Plot area I pointed you at had our TAS trip plot (Second last one). I opened it up and grabbed this map image. This is the road that had the
gate on it - can others confirm if this
gate says NO ACCESS or is the road other use different to this one.
!MPG:12!
PS: You can see our tracks around looking for other accesses.
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 19:34
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 19:34
David,
The road that you eventually took looks the same as the one we took in both 2004 and 2005. We didn't come up to any "no access" gates.
Cheers
phil
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Reply By: Stewy - Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 20:46
Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 20:46
Thanks all for your help, leading a club trip out in Sep. Needed to sort that bit out. David your plot backs up Craig Lewis and Cathy Savage info.
Phil still using velcro Denise says hi
Once again thanks for the help guys
Stewy Grant
Off Road Vehicles Club SA
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Saturday, Aug 19, 2006 at 20:45
Saturday, Aug 19, 2006 at 20:45
Hi Stewy and Denise!!!
Long time no see. I quit TLCC last year.
We last went up that way in Oct last year. Theres some nice country thru there - are you going to call in at Plumridge Lakes?
Cheers
phil
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