Great Central Road April 2013

Travelling with a group in the same direction last year we noticed lots of tracks in the bush had been raked with a grader and humps of dirt built up to stop entry.
Probably done to push campers into pay sites, but we found a way into what appeared to be the old road about 200 mtrs off the GCR on the right and camped there overnight.
Happy travels.
AlanH.

We are travelling through in around 2 weeks as well, but other way.
Maybe see you out there.
Have a great trip !
Cheers
Flighty

Just watch the weather. Cyclone Victoria is not expected to head for Australia but is pointing her nose that way this morning. Cyclonic rain reaching the area can make it impassable.

We found good places to camp easily. By your permit you must camp only in authorised areas, but we needed to stop due to a breakdown.

Although we were travelling home and did not deviate for much sightseeing, our journey is detailed in My Blog (2008).

Motherhen

Hi, conditions at the moment are very good mostly, with some areas of heavy corrugations.
There are many places to camp, and there is definately no conspiracy from grader drivers to make people go to paid sites.
I generally even point people in the direction of free camps if they pop in and ask nicely :-).
Saying that, you really only allowed to camp off the road between the Shire boundary
East of us, andLaverton, according to your permit conditions. Although there isthe odd "rest area" otherwise, further East.

Cheers
Al