Birdsville to Winton

Not sure what info you seek.

Longreach - Winton - Boulia is Bitumen

Boulia - Bedourie - Birdsville has intermitent bitumen passing sections

Birdsville - Windorah last 50km bitumen

Windorah to Longreach bitumen most of the way.

Roads are generally fine but what time of year? Don't try it if there has been rain out there

Alan

We don't know what you're driving, Dazza, and whether you're towing, but using Birdsville as the "start" of your journey and Longreach the finish, then I'd expect you'd need 4-5 days travel outside of the Birdsville-Longreach section.

Over that 9-10 days you could spend 2 nights in Birdsville, 1 night @ Bebourie, 1 night @ Boulia, a night on road between Boulia/Winton, 3 nights in Winton and 3 nights in Longreach. There is another scenic route from Boulia-Diamantina Lakes N/P-Winton, but as you are a bit time poor it might pay to add it to your bucket.

A 2nd alternative route, which would bypass both Bedourie & Boulia, is to turn right at King Creek, and travel back past Cluny Station to the Coorabulka turnoff. Travel north on this to Coorabulka, turn right across to Springvale Station, then it's only 60-odd kms down to Diamantina Lakes. Note this is almost ALL gravel, and purely dry and preferably cool weather travel. Maybe another one for the bucket?

As said most of this trip is on bitumen, albeit much of it single lane. About 120km west of Windorah, then dirt to Birdsville, patches of good gravel & bitumen to Bedourie, then all bitumen from Bedourie to Boulia, except for a short section of gravel adjacent to Marion Downs homestead, maybe 5 kms.

Bitumen, mostly single lane, to Winton, and Winton-Longreach is 2 lane highway.

From Winton down through Barcaldine, Blackall to Augathella is a bit of a Roo City, so may I suggest you stay on the Capricorn H'way east of Barcy, travel to Emerald, Springsure, Rolleston, Biloela, Gayndah and hit the Bruce just north of Gympie. A very relaxed, scenic drive with less traffic than the Bruce, and you'll do the Sunny Coast easily in 2 days from Longreach.

Want anymore info, just ask, :-)

Bob

Thanks Bob for your reply I should of given a bit more info we are driving a 09 Hilux extra cab tray back with the standard extras bulbar winch ext., plus a 2" lift kit plus air bags, long range fuel tank, water tank, 3 batteries diff locks plus a bit more so I don't think the car will be ok.
I have been looking at maps for days and was considering going through the Diamantina Nat park the way you suggested to Winton then avoiding the highway to Longreach there I a loop around the Winton Jundah road or thought that way but I may be pushing it a bit maybe I should save it for another time.
I've been looking on this site for any info or blog about this area or someone who has done this trip but cant really find anything.
Thanks Darryl

Further to above replies on Bridsville to Winton;
From Birdsville there is less than 50% gravel to Bedourie, and that gravel is generally good (80km/hr +)
From Bedourie to Boulia is mostly bitumen, it is only at one or two isolated parts gravel and then for quite a short distance.
CJ

Here's a trip report i did on my 4wd clubs website you may be interested in reading Brisbane to Birdsville trip report . We drove from Windorah to Winton via the Winton - Jundah Rd, it's a good drive with little traffic to be found on it. We did the trip in 2 weeks, so will give you an idea of where you can visit along the way in that sort of time frame.

Thanks for all that great advice I just wondering about fires and firewood can we have a fire is there wood available or should I take some from home.
Thanks Darryl