Standard Car and Caravan Accessibility

Submitted: Friday, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:47
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Hi,

I am taking my family across the top-end NT to Cairns QLD and want to know a bit more about access with a standard car and caravan. would really like to know some details of access along a variety of roads in the northern parts ofAustralia. The main highways are obviously quite good, but the smaller ones are the ones I question. I do not have a 4WD, but a standard AU falcon and 18ft Jayco Westport. I would like to go off the highways a bit, but want to be sensible. I understand that the weather can change things dramatically, but if I know the trip is not-suitable in good weather, I would not consider the trip initially.

The follow roads are examples of where I potentially would like to travel.
1. Buchanan HwyNT West fromStuart Hwythrough Tops Springs,Victoria RiverDowns, through to Timber Creek
2. Roper Hwy NT East from Mataranka to RoperBar
3. Roper Bar NTthrough toBorroloola NT
4. Borroloola NTSouth through to BarklyHomesteadon the Barkly Hwy
5. Mt Isa QLD north through to Karumba
6. Karumba/Normanton QLD East through Croydon toCairns

The details I read in things like the Lonely Planet Guide really only say something specific if it is 4WD only. Is there another source of Caravan travel access type of travel reading? For example, I don’t want to go up a long climb to a look-out and find I can make it or cant turnaround.

I look forward to your comments.

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