Ernest Giles Rd

Hi Rusty

The last time we were on that road it was sign posted no caravans. It was a variety of driving conditions from soft sandy sections to hard compact sections.

There was nothing hard about the drive at all.


Cheers


Stephen

We used the EGR once a few years ago and it had worse corrugations than I have ever experienced ever before. Worse than the Anne Beadell and worse than the Gun Barrell.
So what? We had to slow down and take an extra hour :) It is only 100km.
I have also driven it when it was good for 100kph (not that I did).

Cheers,
Peter

Mate of mine travelled it end of March towing camper trailer, few corrugations but ok.

Hi Rustynails

The Ernest Giles Road which runs between the Stuart Highway and Luritja Road is really not suitable for caravans. Using time estimations from Google maps, to travel the Ernest Giles Road of 101 kilometres, would take 4.5 hours not towing (allow more if towing). To go via the sealed roads, 245 kilometres would take 3.1 hours (towing on a good road would not take much longer). Short cut - but why? Lower gears and variable speeds may result in more fuel usage.

Motherhen

We travelled this road a few days ago, towing a 20ft van. The Kings Canyon end was rough, but they were grading and rolling it, and most of it was pretty good.