Alice Springs To Marblebar

Hi Cookie1,

Don't mistake the Gary Highway with the Gary Junction Road. One is easy, the other not so much.

Cheers
Alan

Having said that, thanks for the info, Love spinifex :-)

Thanks for that clarification Alan,

Yeah copped some in my finger, fortunately I carry a pack of anti-biotics in my 1st Aid kit, it became quite infected in my finger resulting in it spreading to my hand, antibiotics quelled it within a couple of days but a week later it is still quite ugly.

cheers

Yeah, nice to look at but!.......
Hope it ends up alright

thank you for the info George hoping grader has been busy since you have been thru.

cheers

George,--About to do that exact trip in reverse in a couple of weeks, and was wondering were those listed places your stops, and if so was that about the most comfortable travelling distance for a day.---I'm in a bit of a hurry to get across to Pt Hedland, and am not sure how long it will take with just overnight camps.----any advice would help,---thanks in advance
Regards....Sapper D

The section from the WA/NT border to Telfer (or more accurately the turnoff to Telfer where the white plastic chair sits at the bus stop!) is very good. The grader had been through just before Easter.

80 kph is easy and safe. If its someone else's vehicle then 130 kph seems to be the go.

Bob

Hi SapperD

we camped in the bush along the route Sapper (were you really in the RE's?)

Now...I know what the Permit states but my view is that the terms are:

a) internally inconsistent-almost impossible to interpret logically;
b) could result in a driver making dangerous speeds/decisions; and
c)adhering to the rules would really ruin the trip completely after all the journey is why most people do it.

[Just for interest...we flagged down a vehicle after an o'night camp in an area used by road gangs (at least that's what it looked like). I had 'lost' my phone at the camp site and couldn't get the Satphone to register the units I had purchased prior to leaving on the trip. I needed someone with a phone to ring my number and phone so I could locate it. We were only 10kms or so from Kintore and I knew there was a signal. Guess what - the first car that came along contained 4 police officers!

They were great - phoned my phone - which rang - and it was in the closed up CUB camper all the time! I fully expected them to ask to see my permit but they just wished me G'day and carried on.
We also spoke to several aboriginal people along the way and nobody asked for it. I did have one of course.

So...I suspect that as long as people do the right thing - (don't sell alcohol or drugs en-route don't go miles inland to secure/steal precious artefacts etc etc) then the landowners probably would love you to enjoy the land as much as they do.

Of course maybe this is all just me justifying my actions but I hope everybody understands]

Having said all that it took us 5 overnight camps en-route but one of those was 'forced' because we would have arrived at Kunawarritji on a Sunday (no fuel on Sundays) if we hadn't spent the extra night on the road.

Enjoy
George

Thanks Bob and George, from what you've said I reckon I'll complete AS to Marble Bar in 5 overnighters, assuming no problems. It's a rushed trip, hence the reason for minimum stops
Thanks again, ( Oh yeh George, I was a genuine sapper in he RAE in 1967, not RE ---one's Aussie, the other British0