Recent travel of Googs Track

Can't speak for more recent times, but June last year was fine. No problem with vegetation encroaching on the track, and dunes were no trouble with a TVan behind the Hilux.
It's a really enjoyable trip and you can make the most of it by taking three nights - one night at Googs Lake, one at Mt Finke, and one in between - plenty of flat spots to pull off the track between the dunes.
Also worth considering going west after you cross the trans-continental railway line at the end of Googs, and continuing on to come in at the top end of Maralinga, which is a fascinating visit (need permits in advance for this, available online via Ceduna visitor centre).
Enjoy!

Hi Jan Z,

I have just posted the first part of a report that will show you first hand what to expect when travelling Googs Track on the 4x4 Earth forum.

I did the trip a couple of years ago but things don't change too much out there vegetation wise.

Regards from Col.

There is a fairly comprehensive article on it in the latest edition of On The Road mag.
HTH.

Cheers Keith

Was up there a few weeks ago and few overgrown bushes so no real issue.

It can be done in a day if need be however we also did the side track out to Childera and thats as long as the main track , it is a bit overgrown but not a lot.

The main thing I noticed from last time was that is was a lot rougher with lots of corrugations and bouncing around. 1 or 2 cars had to back down once or twice mainly through mis-judging the run up.

It was so rough in many places that you couldn't walk the cars up a couple of ridges and so needed to back down and use some momentum which throws the car around a bit.

I took 4 cars and no-one was towing, but sand was hot and soft , went S-N on this trip.

My wife was wearing a Fitbit Charge exercise band and the bumps in the track would count as a step.
By sitting in the car all day on the rough track the Fitbit registered some 20,000 steps and said she had walked up 57 flights of stairs, this put her in the lead of her companies fitness campaign.

Some video's of the conditions to expect on Googs Track.











Cheers

Mick

Last time I did Googs we were there for 2 weeks doing volunteer work. Watched a heap of vehicles having trouble even with fast runups. There were two issues, one was clearance (loaded vehicles with no lift) so they would drag their belly up the hills, and second was simply too much tyre pressure. Best way I've found to do Googs was very low tyre pressures - like around 15 psi - irons out the corrugations and means you rarely need momentum in the chopped up approaches.

As far as overgrowth goes, it's OK. Especially for a narrower vehicle like your Triton.

Thanks everybody for your replies. Two other questions if I can: Can you take a dog on the route please?
Our travelling companions drive with a camper trailer, has anyone had any difficulties in getting through the sandhills with a camper trailer. Very experienced traveller and well set up rig.

No edit.........grhh
try this link
Parks guide

Thanks indeed. Will ring the designated number on the Parks Guide and double check. Very helpful and appreciated.