Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 21:05
Hi Old Baz, The road from
Tibooburra thru to the old Strezlecki track was reasonable, that is to say a lot of third gear and some second gear work. There was some sandy patches but at no stages did I need 4 wd. The corrugation can be a pain at times and does slow you down, the sand dunes when headed west are bout every 500 mtrs but not a problem. Main thing is to keep well to the left on the crests. The old Strezlecki track was a dream. Mainly black soil so some dust and some very mild corrugation. The new Strezlecki track which you can join for the last 50 k into into Innaminka was rather ordinary to say the least. A well formed road but used by heavy tpt. Innaminka to
Birdsville today was good driving, via
Walkers Crossing trac, but care has to be taken with reading signs and navigation. Would be very easy to miss a turn and head off into the blue yonder. Some cases you leave a very well formed road and head down a billy goat track, more than once, and it can lead to doubts, but keep heading for
Walkers Crossing, which is a
bridge over Cooper ck, dry at the moment, and you will certainly not be speeding on this track. There was some corrugation, some sandy patches, some black soil which means dry weather only, a lot of narrow track as in two wheel tracks and brush either side of the road but not a problem. Most of the track has very little traffic, that is to say we saw three cars in 5 hrs. The well formed road sections do carry heavy vehicles.
As I said before , we have a 19'6 ft Kedron and it wasn't a problem but the trip took 8 hrs with a couple of pit stops.
As with all roads, check with the locals before heading off on any roads out here.
Safe travelling everybody,
Den and Col
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