Cameron's corner run
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:34
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yumpet
Hey guys and gals, I'm looking at taking the wife and kids for a run from
orange to Cameron's corner over Easter, now I'm not sure what way to go, can you go all the way along the dog fence from
hungerford to the corner or do you have to go into QLD at
Hamilton gate and go through bullo downs and tickalara? Any ideas would be great! Thanks on advance! This will be our first trip away like this and I want everyone to enjoy it
Reply By: yumpet - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:36
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:36
Oh and if anyone from the area is keen for a run the company would be great, we have 4 kids between 18 months and 11
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Reply By: Member - John and Val - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:41
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:41
Hi Yumpet,
Suggest
Orange to
Bourke to
Tibooburra and on to CC. Thats a lot of driving time for a 4-day trip.
Cheers,
Val
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Follow Up By: yumpet - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:01
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:01
Thanks Val, that was one route I was looking at, we have got 7-8 days up our sleeve so I'm not stressed about time :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:42
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:42
In which case you should have a great trip as there is plenty to see out that way.
Click here to see a blog about our trip from
Louth to
Tibooburra two years ago.
I dont think that you can get very far west of
Hungerford along the dog fence, and I seem to recall signs at CC saying that travel along the fence tracks is not permitted.
You could even do a loop up from
Hungerford through
Thargomindah to Innaminka then back through CC and
Tibooburra. Have a look through Mick O's
blogs for route details - Im pretty sure he has driven between Innaminka and CC in the last couple of years too.
Cheers,
Val
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Follow Up By: Member - Graeme W (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 19:36
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 19:36
John and Val’s
Hungerford to
Innamincka and Cameron’s Corner would be a good trip.
You could go from
Bourke to
Hungerford and check out
Currawinya National Park. Either
camp at
Currawinya (limited facilities) or go back to
Hungerford and stay at the council run park there. Make sure you stop in at the Royal Mail Hotel even if it’s just for a chat.
From there you could go through
Thargomindah and
camp on the
Wilson River at Noccundra. Then head to
the Dig Tree and
Innamincka.
Innamincka has a few camping areas in the National Park and there’s the town common a short walk from the pub and trading post.
The Strzelecki south from
Innamincka is usually in good condition and the drive through to
Cameron Corner is not a long day. The nearby National Park campground at
Fort Grey is good. It’s a short walk from there to
Lake Pinaroo, which late last year had plenty of water in it. It once had a
homestead on it’s shores, but a series of floods ended that.
Tibooburra is only a couple of hours from
Fort Grey.
Graeme
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Reply By: Member - John T (Tamworth NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 13:02
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 13:02
Hi yumpet (and family)
I'm assuming you have a 4x4 and tow a camper.
There is no public roads along the vast majority of the dog fence - signs advise no access etc. So that leaves you a couple of options to get to Camerons Corner. Up to
Bourke - about 520 k's up the blacktop through Dubbo and
Nyngan. Nice caravan park at
North Bourke - Kidmans
Camp - might be a good idea to contact them to see if sites are available when you arrive. 02 6872 1612.
From there my preferred route is via
Wanaaring and The Cut Line to
Tibooburra - gravel / dirt road from just out of
North Bourke so time to slow down and let the tyre pressures down from h'way pressure - about 420 k's.
The Granites is the only Caravan Park in
Tibooburra - 08 80913477. Once there you can decide if you want to stay in town our
camp out within Sturt NP - a handful of
places to
camp there. We stayed in
Tibooburra for 5 nights and did day trips from there before continuing on to
Innamincka and beyond. There is just so much to see in the area. Take care and enjoy the trip.
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Follow Up By: Member - John T (Tamworth NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 13:14
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 13:14
Hi again,
Thought this link to the "Corner Country" web page might give you lots to think about.
Corner Country
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Reply By: Member - Barnray (NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 16:12
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 at 16:12
We are leaving Casino tomorrow for CC via
Bourke etc, should be getting close by Tuesday Keep an eye open for a White Hilux with a blue canopy and a red trailer with a green stone guard.Looking forward to meeting some members. Barnray
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Reply By: Fiona & Paul - Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 at 08:47
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 at 08:47
Yumpet
We travelled out through
White Cliffs last year and then across to
Tibooburra via the Wanaring Rd (250km), towing out caravan and most of that road was in pretty good nick with only three or four washed out sections that had quick fixes done to them. From
Tibooburra we headed out to CC but only got to
Fort Grey, 29km short, as that section was very badly corrugated and we chickened out!
Regards
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Reply By: allein m - Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 at 18:22
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 at 18:22
have you considered to come through
Broken Hill lots to see
silverton and you can go to Camerons corner this way
I am bias as I live here now for the past 7 years great place to live the pace of life is dead slow easy going
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Reply By: yumpet - Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 at 15:38
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 at 15:38
Can anyone tell me, is easter (school holidays jsut after) going to be a good time to go out there? is the weather genrally pretty good then? any advice is great
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