Bullo Development Road / Adventure Way

I have just had a look at Google maps and noted there is no street view out where you are talking about. Use the Hema street atlas for road surfaces, it's more accurate. If you get a copy (8th edition) of Camps Australia Wide it has the latest edition of Hema in it as its maps. You will get two useful editions in one book.

As of a couple of months ago the Science Loop (the loop road from Cunnamulla to Charleville) was all sealed. Some of it was slimline road. The road from the western end of the Science Loop to Innaminka is mostly sealed. There is a 17 km stretch in the middle that looked like they were resealing it. The final bit from the SA border is reasonable gravel surfaced road. The road into the Dig Tree is mostly natural surface, the only bit that had to be careful on was the first creek crossing.

Hi Les

I can only comment on the Adventure Way from the junction of the Cooper Developmental Road, as we came in from Eromanga.

We were through there in late June this year and it is a very good run, with the bitumen ending just before the South Australia/Queensland Border. We only came across on section of road that was being repaired.

We went into the Dig Tree site from the Adventure Way and came out the next day on a shortcut that saved us over thirty kilometres.


Cheers


Stephen

2 years ago it was bitumin all the way to Thargomindah from Brisbane, then mostly bitumin all the way from Thargomindah to the Dig tree turn off / S.A border. There was a small section about 10 -15 klms long near the Dig Tree end that was dirt, but it turns back to bitumin before you reach that intersection. Not sure if that small section of dirt is now bitumin or not, but it was a good dirt road section non the less back then. From the S.A border it turned to dirt, a pretty ordinary road from there into Innamincka it used to be, can't help with current conditions though.
We needed to get to Thargo from Innamincka to get parts before Toyota closed on our last visit, managed the drive in a touch over 3 1/2 hours (we may have been speeding a touch though, but made it just before closing time), the trip back in the dark that night dodging cows and roos took a couple of hours longer. Don't let the lack of roadkill between Thargomindah and Innamincka fool you into thinking there's not much out there to hit at night, it's only lacking due to the fact nobody is driving around there at night time, we didn't see another vehicle for the first 3 hours of the return run that night, and only a few all up from the gas fields on the entire journey back to Innamincka.

Came through from Innamincka to Ballina last year with one overnight at Cunnamulla. Road sealed from Dig Tree all the way home. Great road no traffic. Watch out for emus.
Cheers