Getting to Surveyor General's corner
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 07, 2015 at 08:51
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Member - Boobook
I recently visited SGC. Prior to the trip I made inquiries everywhere including this site on what is required to get there. I got various different answers and wanted to relate my experience for those who may visit in the future.
You need a permit from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands Council that specifically includes the corner.
The Hema Maps say it is $100 per vehicle and you have to ring a number in Wingellena. That number never answered in 3 months prior to the trip.
Some people on this and other web sites say you need to pay various amounts, ranging from $50 per person.
The Lands council don't know the procedure and direct you to the local community.
However once we got there we were told if you have the right permit then you are ok. They didn't even know who you would pay if you had to. ( jokes about credit card machine at the corner etc).
Anyway once there there are 2 markers, the right one is the one 50m to the north. It is missing the top plate at the moment.
Hard to get to but that completes every corner for us...
Reply By: Member - Paul B (WA) - Thursday, Oct 08, 2015 at 08:41
Thursday, Oct 08, 2015 at 08:41
I am very surprised to read this. I must have visited Surveyor General's Corner 3 or 4 times over the years, most recently on our way back from the National Gathering at
Ross River in July.
I simply applied to the WA Department of Aboriginal Affairs and it was issued online. There was a problem with the website when I needed to amend my travel dates but there was a most helpful man who took my phone call and did it manually for me. I have no recollection of paying.
I might also say in 20 odd years of visiting the Ngaanyatjarra lands, no one has ever asked me for a permit. In all that time, though I've only been across the border once, which was this year, and it was a far more complex rigmarole to get permits for NT than for WA.
I also agree that the drive past the Musgraves is one of the greats and the roads, like all of those in the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku are absolutely the best dirt roads in the world.
Anyone traversing the Gt Central with a return trip should apply for a permit via SGC on one leg so they get to see both SGC and the different magnificent country.
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