Saturday, Sep 05, 2015 at 08:34
Haven't done the Bourke/
Hungerford bit and I did the rest of it 18 months ago so I can only tell you so much...
We did this trek in a very souped up 2007 Kia Sorento, the model that has low range 4WD etc. No, we didn't use the low range.
Thargomindah was a fascinating little isolated town with a reasonable range of groceries etc. Try not too carry too much from
home and support the economy of these little
places, eh? I read a lot about the town's history and saw incredible pictures of its flooding history in a booklet in the
camp kitchen of the caravan park. This caravan park was
well set out with little hedges, a beaut
camp kitchen, a track down to the river...We liked it.
Innamincka had expensive fuel but that's the nature of the beast. We have large distances and we have to fill up. Simple. We're on ULP so I'm not sure about diesel. There was a basic store at the Trading Post (frozen bread etc) because their supplies aren't exactly delivered daily! There were meals available and it looked good but we didn't eat there. We camped out by the river and paid something like $26 for a site with a pit loo. Showers were in town (you can't miss them in the middle of the
carpark in front of the fuel pumps!) or swim in the river with wildlife-friendly soaps. The site was lovely, on the river and with trees between us and the nearest neighbours. The slope down to the river wasn't horrendous but it would be a workout to get a kayak in and out with the reeds etc on the waterfront. Maybe it was just our site like that and maybe other sites weren't as weedy or as steep...although we did enjoy lying on the weed "mats" in the edge of the water...!
It was a gorgeous spot at sunrise and sunset with pelicans etc coming in.
It was reasonably easy to gather firewood.
There were lots of trees along the river bank and it was historically amazing because of Burke and Wills' trek-don't miss the grave just out of town. With the squarking cockatoos etc it was a terrific walk!
I assume you're calling in to
the Dig Tree... Camping looked good there, but we did it as a day trip from our
camp site on the river near
Innamincka. Honesty box system. Watch the dips in the road in to
the Dig Tree...we all went airborne in the car on one of the dips!
The road from
Tibooburra to
Cameron Corner was lovely. You soon realised that the ridges and dips on the other side were because you were going over a
sand dune! There were very resilient clumps of
wildflowers on the gravelly roadside and beautiful colours.
Cameron Corner has no real supplies apart from fuel and meals, accommodation...A fascinating stop-off.
The roads were gravel and in decent nick and we never hit low range or had a
puncture...but you're right-roads and weather change.
Well, this only part answers your questions but it's at least a start.
We did the trip in the September school holidays and the weather wasn't too uncomfortable. It was 37 in
Tibooburra and hot again the next day as we drove to
Cameron Corner (but air con eliminates that problem!). A cool change/enormous storm hit while we were in
Innamincka and after that, we averaged out at about 27-30 degrees for the rest of the fortnight. 37 out west is more bearable than 37 on the Qld coast!
For the bits that I haven't been to, I do know that
Bourke's got decent groceries (I have a colleague who lived there for 3 years) but
Hungerford's a blip on the map so I don't know how extensive their supplies would be.
Have a lovely trip!
Robyn :)
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Follow Up By: Katrina G1 - Saturday, Sep 05, 2015 at 20:18
Saturday, Sep 05, 2015 at 20:18
Thanks for all the fantastic information. I have done some research but some things you only hear about by word of mouth.
Looking forward to our trip. It has been too long since our last in 2012.
Thanks again.
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