Is the "darling river run" suitable for a blacktop caravan?

Hi Norm,

You will be fine as long as it's dry and no rain which will stop an off road van anyway, good gravel road on the East side we haven't done the West side.

And great free camping.

Christian

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g'day again, is there a suggested start/finish for the "darling river run" or suggestions please, norm

I have just come back from a trip from Bree, Bourke, Louth, Tilpa and Wilcannia. Well, May and part of June! I had to come home before I did the trip to Wentworth.

The roads were dry, important, and mostly smooth gravel or clay.

All the campsites were well looked after, no rubbish and access to the river was easy. Not a lot of water but sufficient for fishing.

My van is a blacktop Windsor but only 4.4m. Dust is always a problem as it depends on how well you have sealed everything. I had old beer boxes over the door vent and the bottom of the fridge vents. Didn't stop all the dust but I think it made an impact.

There were no problems getting in to all sites and the stations along the way were very welcoming. Support them and don't worry about the cost as they provide additional experiences apart from the ones you can access yourself.

bill

We did that run in May last year heading south - north. Our van is a 17'6" Empire which at that stage had standard "black-top" suspension and tyres. The road was mostly very good. We used the western track until Tilpa (a beaut camp on other side of river) after which we used the east track up through Louth. The van has seen much worse roads than this one! I guess it all depends on how recent rain and or a grader has been through. There were a few semis using it when we were there but they hadn't chopped it up much at all.