Anne beadlell highway

Hi Lyncol

Here are a couple of photos of what the Old Eyre Highway is like west of Nullarbor Roadhouse. If you are in the Neighbourhood as such, have you thought about a great detour up to Maralinga??, it is well worth it.




The track out towards Mabel Creek Homestead is usually in very good condition, so make the most of the start of the Anne Beadell. Not far to the west of the homestead, the corrugations will start and will be like that almost all of the way to Ilurlka.





You best friend out there will be slow speed and tyre pressures well down, and a couple of psi even lower on your camper. It is a great drive as long as you are prepared and take your time and make regular stops to cool down the shockers and take in the vast expanses of beauty that the Anne Beadell is known for.

Last August we had another great drive on the Anne Beadell and the wildflowers were unreal, yet almost 2 years to the day since our last trip out there, the desert was quite dry and very few wildflowers out. Like I said it is a great drive and we are back out there again this coming August.

I feel personally the most trying part will be the northern section of Googs Track, it is always cut up like anything and it is first gear as you rock and roll your way to the top of the dunes.

All the best with your trip planning and you should have a great time.



Cheers



Stephen

Not done old Eyre Highway but have done Googs and Anne Beadell in a 60 series. Googs was a bit challenging after Googs Lake but good fun. Anne Beadell well corrugated last September but running tyres at about 30 psi could maintain 70 -80kph for most of it.

We only got as far as Port Augusta when we found out that the ABH had just been closed due to bush fires at the WA end, so we basically just returned home.
We hope to do it this year.

This blog, posted in Dec. 2012, indicated that grading was in progress on the AB and Connie Sue Highways:Blog: Warburton to Neale Jcn

We did it in August 2011 towing a Kimberley Kamper with a 150 Prado 3L D4D automatic. It was a breeze with the Prado. Sure, as people have said the road is rough, but lower your tyre pressure and take your time. We loved it.

In our group there were, as well as us:
a Troopy towing a VistRV Crossover and a Colorado towing an Odyssey.

At some stage we will go again. Thewildflowers were stunning.

Di and Bruce

We travelled the ABH in 2011 west to east towing Adventure pilbara trailer . Ran the trailer PSI at 25 and had no issues, the only problem we encountered was a staked tyre on the camper on one of the detours around a washout but we managed to buy a spare at Illurkla roadhouse.
We took 8 days to do the crossing as there was plenty to see and lots of great camping opportunities especially the lake at the WA- SA border, from memory we averaged about 25kph as we couldn't see the point in rushing as there was so much to see. The corrugations on the eastern end were pretty ordinary but adjusting pressures and speed to suit the conditions made it bearable. Thouroughly recommend it
Regards Jim

Thanks to all replies. Bruce and Di T and Roadking can u give me an idea of fuel consumption bearing in mind we are going east to west. Have same camper, Adventure Pilbara. May see Shaker out there? Great blog Stephen L