Anne Beadell Highway in November

Hi Bill, I know that you have asked about climate, but thought it may be of use to let you know what the conditions are currently. We travelled part of that route in the past 2 weeks. The southern part of the Connie Sue ( approx 240 Kms) was wet and muddy after 3 days of rain, but was drying out. It was reasonably slow going (40 Kph). The road to Neales Junction from the bend is in pretty good condition ( 60 to 70 towing). We came from towards Laverton from the Hanns Track exit on the Anne Beadell to Neales Junction and that is in very good condition, I believe as far as Ilkurlka. Enjoy it as the scenery, particularly in the desert, is great at present. Things will change by November but hopefully that is helpful info.

Yep, we did it Oct/Nov 2005 including the Connie Sue and Gunbarrell.
Had a 5 day heatwave at the start - 45 degrees in the shade, and there was no real shade that we could hide under. So we just continued to drive with the aircond going. The tyres got really hot because we were running low pressures to deal with the corrugations - a couple delaminated in the sidewalls (developed bulges) and the whole set got replaced back home after the trip. The flies were bad and we just didn't want to get out of the vehicles during the day. Then a cool change came through - the centipedes came out in droves! Wasn't too bad after that.
Check the weather before you go is my advice!

Just to let you know that the Tallaringa section of the Anne Beadell Highway will be closed from 17-30 November 2014 because the Defence Forces are using it.
http://www.defence.gov.au/woomera/exclusionperiods.htm