victorian desert trip

Hi Santaz,
Its 10 years since I wrote this blog but it will give you some idea of what you might see out there.

Cheers,

Val

G'day Santaz,
Got a property out that way & have spent the last 30 yrs 4WDing out there & the High Country too like yourself.
Have tented it & towed a camper trailer too. We have had a very dry winter out the Wimmera/Mallee so the sand is pretty soft. Drop your tyre pressure in the Trailer & vehicle & you should be fine.
Had a few fires out that way in the New Year due to lots of lightning strikes as a result of "dry storms" so keep your eye on the forecasts. Also can still get VERY hot at that time of the year. We were out there at Christmas/New Year & a couple of days got to 45 deg!
Plenty of info here
Milmid track
& here
Parks Vic
Cheers
Stu

Hi Santaz

Judy and I were up in the Sunset Desert, Big Desert, and the Little Desert last August '14. As a suggestion we entered the Sunset Desert just up from the Hattah roadside stop. Great old bloke to talk to and will give you updates and hints on the western side of the park for conditions as well as having good maps of the area (about $12 dollars). There is a Pink salt lake about 20ks in for good photography and the salt crystal are pink. We found that some of the track intersections are questionable as per the map. If you come across a cross road intersection according to the map and it is a "T" intersection, don't panic as we found the track could be offset either 200mtrs either way. Some tracks were unusable so they re-route the intersection around the problem and not clearly signed or signed at all. In some places the sand was fairly deep but ok. We did not have a trailer as we use a rtt. We stopped to look at the lizards that were out and the flora was amazing. As stated, you are proposing to travel there in a very hot period. Before we entered the Park we spoke to a copper at Ouyen who knew a lot about the park. There are numerous good camping sites. We eventually came out at Murrayville ( at the south western corner) and also camped at Big Billy Bore at the southern end of the Big Desert park. The main Murrayville-Kaniva rd is like a freeway , but we travelled on the eastern tracks off the main rd. That took us about 6hrs to do the 80k's but the slow trip was perfect for us. Just south of Kaniva you can transverse the McDonald Highway across the Little Desert. (NO Bloody highway I assure you) this is a 35k sand and clay track with some great camping opportunities. This track is almost a straight line through the park and amazing site looking down from the top of some of the dunes. The animal life and flora were amazing to see and photograph Good travelling these areas as well as seeing the old salt mine machinery just left to rust away

These blogs may assist you.

Cheers

Murray Sunset

Murray Kulkyne - Fireman's Bend

Border Track