big red bash

MY D-mAx, we did the event last year & it was great. Atmosphere especially sundown & evening was spectacular. Your road van will be fine just take it steady. Much better to have your accommodation on hand to enhance the whole experience.
A must do.
Cheers
Batsy

Re the van it depends on which road you're planning on taking.

We went last year, it was a fantastic time.
We camped out at Big Red, a wonderful experience and great to be able to enjoy the sunrise on top of Big Red each morning. The echustics was brilliant and could be hear anywhere on site. The light show on the backdrop of Big Red was something to been seen.

Camping on Lake Nappanerica would be neat, normally no camping on Aria Downs property.
The concert line up and prices look pretty reasonable too.

We will be driving over BR heading west Sun 5th arvo, or Mon 6th early morning.
Was considering attending the concert, but on a mission with a group and some have to back in town for work committments by a certain day.

If anyone's interested, the Marree Camel Cup 2015 is on Sat 4th July too, we are hitting that on the drive up, attending until mid arvo before heading to Mung Pub for the night.

We went to the Big Red Bash in 2014, it was a great experience. Do a search on YouTube - "Birdsville Big Red Bash". Here you will find some videos from last year's concert as well as a promo for this year's. We travelled from the ACT through Bourke, Charleville and Windorah. We reached Birdsville in the afternoon of the fourth day. The road conditions from Windorah are good with a mix of bitumen stretches and good gravel.
We stayed at the Birdsville caravan park for a night prior to heading out and camping on Adria Downs station. Camping is only permitted for the duration of the concert. The night we stayed at the Birdsville CP there were 500 vehicles in the park. If you want a powered site you will certainly need to book well in advance. Camping at Big Red was great. Make sure you bring sand pegs and a Porta Potti. Although toilets were available they were very busy. It is better to camp rather than travel each day. Take a portable shower, however. If you travel back to Birdsville each day you have to cope with the dust and the ever worsening road conditions.
In 2014 the concert was held on the eastern lower face of Big Red. This was because of the predicted wind which would have made the top venue very unpleasant. The lower location was actually better as it made accessing toilets and your campertrailer much easier. Although days are warm be prepared for cold nights. One thing to beware of is the vast abundance of small burrs which infest the ground in the camping area.
We returned to the ACT via the Cordillo Downs road which takes you to Innamincka. From here we spent a night at Coongie Lake, well worth a visit. From Innamincka we travelled to Cameron Corner via a road we thought would pass Orientos and Santos stations. However, the old road has been completely realigned to a modern unsealed road standard to assist the mining industry and now actually misses Orientos and Santos stations. From Cameron Corner we ventured to Tibooburra. From here we visited White Cliffs, highly recommended, and then Mutawintji NP. Following this we spent a night at the new Wilcannia caravan park. This park is very close to the Darling River about 3 km east of the town. It has excellent facilities and is well worth a stop.

Now I just have to persuade my better half that driving for days is worth it to watch a concert in the desert.

Sounds interesting, My better 1/2 & I planning to go out via Tibooburra, Innamincka poeppel cnr then to the bash. How many others planning the trip?

We've bought our tickets!
Forbes-Bourke-Charleville-Windorah-Birdsville-down the track-Marree and home

See you there!