googs track in the wet

Dean, what are conditions like at the moment? It would be a bad move to do any track in the wet unless absolutely necessary. The damage caused to the tracks is the first thing that comes to mind. I think the top (north) of the track would be a nightmare if wet. Wait till it dries out.

Cheers Mick

Googs track itself, like most tracks in the GVD doesn't suffer badly from rain - water tends to run off and soak into the sand easily, and you don't have a claypan in the swales, like the Simpson.

Those salt lakes near Mt Finke, will have tracks around the perimeter. It was only about an inch of rain that fell last week, so I doubt the lake will be much of a problem.

But the graded road that follows the railway line is best left to dry out - I'd guess it was dry after a day or two.

If it is wet at Mt Finke and you are obviously intending to do the track in the not recommended direction then your turn into Mt Finke is across a salt lake and if it is wet then do not dirive it under any circumstances.

Instead of turning right follow the track straight ahead for several kilometers and you will come across the dirt track in. But this also winds its way along some quite low ground which can be very boggy when wet as well.

Apart from that there are no salt lakes to cross

Regards

RobA

We must have passed you Dean. We did Googs last Wed-Fri, and travelled from near Mt Finke to Googs Lake on that very wet Thurs. No worries at all. Went straight, didn’t turn off to Mt Finke - had intended to climb Mt Finke this trip but it was just too wet. As Phil said, sand pretty easy in the wet. Walked onto Googs Lake on Fri morning - sunk in up to 6 inches in places so any cars trying their luck would have struck trouble.

It was our second Googs trip - beaut enjoyable trip (even despite the rain). Other nice thing was that every single car on the track was using its radio well, acknowledging others, showing courtesy etc – we passed a good number as we were going south and all exchanges were pleasant and even good fun. Cheers