Adelaide to Alice Springs - where to stop?
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:28
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Member - Anne M (VIC)
Hi everyone,
It's a long time since we have driven up the bitumen from
Adelaide to
Alice Springs. We don't want to do huge days driving (more than 500-600kms in a day) and don't intend to do any sight seeing. Last time we did this we stopped at Glendambo overnight and it was awful. We are set up to
bush camp with a Troopy and a Trak Topaz, so we don't need a caravan park. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Before you ask, we are going up there to explore the East and West MacDonnells and are coming down the
Oodnadatta Track etc - the trip up is just transit.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers
Anni
Reply By: MEMBER - Darian, SA - Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 13:24
Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 13:24
There are plenty of rest areas on the Stuart Highway for overnight camping - consult any travellers' map for that region - they all come up on our Hema Navigator and they are all in Camps Australia Wide.... you'll have company after 4pm. Some have
toilets - some not. We did the reverse - went up the
Oodnadatta track and then explored the east and west Macs starting 7 weeks ago - back down the Stuart - all quality touring...... it was a bit too warm up there for us at times - still in the 35's now. We have used the Desert Oaks
rest area 32k north of
Erldunda and the
Lake Hart rest area west of
Pimba - both good spots. As for the middle region - north and south of
Marla, there are heaps of
places where you can simply pull off the highway and drive into the sparse scrub for a good
camp - you'll see lots of tracks from prior campers having done the same (don't go in far though - pastoral leases).
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Reply By: wombat100 - Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 13:36
Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 13:36
Lake Hart is a must!!
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Reply By: Rick (S.A.) - Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 14:07
Saturday, Sep 21, 2013 at 14:07
Out of
Adelaide, try the
Lake Hart region, past
Pimba.
Then, north of
Coober Pedy, try Pootnoora channels. From memory, there are 3. All OK to
free camp at.
The Marryat (River) near the border.
Also try heading east out of
Kulgera, or a little south of that, west along the Victory Downs-Mulga Park Rd.
South of
Alice Springs, yes, Desert Oaks (gunna be very crowded in winter touring season & close to the highway so you'll hear the road trains all night) - or even the Hugh River Stock Route or Stuart's
Well, a mere 90 km from
Alice Springs.
Cheers
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