Comment: Dalhousie to Finke via Bloods Ck

I had a tour pass through yesterday and while I have not had a chance to talk to them, they made normal time which leads me to the conclusion that the Ghan track from Finke to Alice is in good condition. It has in the past been corrugated but nowhere near as bad as the Anne Beadell. You will find it no hassle at all.

Should be OK, suggest you let tyres down to about 26 PSI and drive to conditions. Last year we did it with an offroad van with no trouble.
Another mate with us had trouble with his fridge going walkabout in his van and tied his mattress down with tiedowns, he didn't let his tyres down and travelled to slow.
What vehical and trailer are you travelling in?
What condition are your tyres in?
You will see plenty of other people on the road at this time of the year.
Good luck, Hugh

I drove from Mt Dare to Alice Springs the week before the Finke Desert Race and it was very corrugated and at places the bull dust was quite deep. As the other replies say, lower tyre pressures and you should be OK. I towed a camper trailer with no problem. Watch for the rail sleeper spikes when you are on old railway line alignment and don't be emberrassed when people from Finke round you up in VS Commodore.

Hi Terry,
Literally back from the area yesterday, (Friday 5th July).
Went from Mt Dare to Alice via Finke and the Ghan Line, as mentioned earlier the Finke Desert Race has just been, thusly approx 2000 people have traversed along this "Line" for the race according to locals in Alice.
Myself, I couldnt believe how chopped up, rutted, and bull dusted the "Line" is!
Me in my HZJ75 Troopie had to sit on about 80km/h to get away from the Rutts, mind you 80km/h was pretty hard going nevertheless, (shocks on an accompanying 4wd all blew and my OME Nitrochargers were quite hot!

FYI Mt Dare to Dalhousie is pretty rough for the first 10kms aswell, but has nothing on the Ghan Line!!

I was really discusted in the rubbish lying around along the Ghan Line, locals tell me its from the Desert Race, it seems no one cares about it......I intend on writing an email to the Alice Springs Council on the rubbish.

A great time of year to get up there, I have just gotten back to the Adelaide Hills and its 10 Degrees and Raining......it was mid 20's, Blue Skies and Sunshine when I was there!

Hopefully this helps a little Terry?

Thanks to the four replies, greatly appreciated. From the information it seems that it is very similar to the South Australian side of the Anne Beadell minus the rubbish. We managed 1300km in our Toyota 80 series with a camper trailer albeit at about 15-20km an hour in some parts due to the rough terrain - but lets face it, it why we all go bush. Thanks again - Terry H8.
PS no more replies required.