Innamincka to Arkaroola Village in a Day?

Easily do able. As a family with a camper trailer did it several years ago, I was amazed at how good the Strezleki track (more like a dirt road Highway) was. That included a lesiurely pack up, a stop at Moomba and separate lunch stop at a bore. From the turn off at Mt Hopeless, the road was less of a Highway but still an easy dirt road drive.

The day we did it, it was an ordinary weather day with strong winds, we never found anything inviting to pull over at, but then we weren't looking or considering it.
For Grey nomads with no timetable, it's a 2 day drive. But I'd much prefer to spend the extra day around the Gammon Ranges than on the Strezleki track.

Mark

Hello, we did this trip in a day, in August 2010. We did some of the back tracks and still managed to arrive in Innaminka before dark. It was windy and had a little rain.
Have a great time!

Doable.
Turn left and come south to Balcanoona just before Mount Hopeless.
If you wish to camp earlier, Montocalina Bore is on the left 26 km before the turn-off.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Whilst it is possible, you will much to see in between by rushing through this region....

I can't speak first hand but I'm sure that in the past week or so I read a contribution to this site from a fellow reader highlighting the poor condition of the Strzelecki.
You may wish to go back say a fortnight using the "Forum" link, there may be some useful recent info.
That said, peoples views of these roads can vary greatly depending on their experience & even their expectations!!

I did just that route earlier in the year and it could be done in a day, pretty easily. I did stop overnight at Montecollina and enjoyed that stop, despite the amount of poo and toilet paper strewn around the place (lots of low class people about).

The two considerations in your planning should be that two spits of rain are enough to make things very,very slippery and the current quality of the road depends on when the grader last went through. One year you could have sat on 130 all the way to Lyndhurst; last trip there were several bulldust holes developing and 80 k seemed to be a safe speed to me.

If you do the turn south off the road and into Gammon Ranges on the way, we took nearly an hour to do the last 25 k into the park because the road was so rough.

An overnight stop out that way is an experience worth having.

Iza

Hi Chris,

as others have said it would be doable if the weather and road conditions are good. The Stzlecki can be like a dirt highway. But it may be nice to stop along the way. Montecollina Bore could be a lovely place except for the loo paper everywhere - really put me off. The road / track turn off via Moolawatana / North Mulga to Balcanoona has some nice spots to stop if you are self contained. Very quiet.

The Gammon Ranges are easily explored from Arkaroola as they are close. Lots of yellow footed rock wallabies about recently too.

Have a great trip.

We did it in a day in June this year taking the eastern route to the Strez (via Balcanoona). That stretch of road is prone to flooding at the northern end. SA authorities tend to be optimistic when they clear it for 4WD only after a rain closure. It took us 5 hours to do the 180 or so km to the Strez junction; got stuck once.