Birdsville in Easter

Hi Rangana. A couple of comments on your itinerary. I assume that as you are finishing in Melbourne that it is also your start point. Melbourne to Coober Pedy is, conservatively, 16 hours. Broken Hill to Melbourne is, conservatively, 9 hours. From our experience, I would query overnighting at Cameron's Corner as Innamincka to Tib is an easy day's drive. I would also query two nights in Tib. My advice would be to overnight there and then overnight in White Cliffs before heading to BH. It is definitely worthwhile, IMO, spending more than one night in BH. Equipment wise, I would suggest also carrying a tyre puncture kit, PLB and UHF radio. IMO an extra 40 L of diesel might be unnecessary given your onboard capacity. Just some thoughts. Enjoy.

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I would maybe do 2 nights at Coober pedy and just stop at Oodnadatta for a break and a look around

Also maybe take 2 spares and forget the extra diesel
Just fuel up as required -- 180 lts on board is plenty
We did similar trip from Adelaide last year
Cheers
Mike

All doable and you are well set-up for a trip of this type, noting the Birdsville Track is quite a good road by outback standards.

The Development Road to the Cadelga Ruins turn-off is generally good, and south to Innamincka can be rough in some places.

One thought you might want to consider is whether you are trying to achieve too much at the expense of not seeing enough? The Birdsville and Corner Country region has much to offer visitors and more time in the area will reveal more of what the region has to offer.

And certainly, I get it if you want to drive through and overview the region.

But as an alternative route/itinerary you could consider the following, especially given you are backtracking to some extent on the Oodnadatta Track.


9 April – Maree
10 April – Mungerannie Hotel (half-way to Birdsville)
11 April – Birdsville
12 April – Birdsville – side trip to Big Red
13 April – Birdsville
14 April – Cadelga Ruins
15 April – Innamincka (via Cordello Downs)
16 April – Innamincka
17 April – Innamincka – side trip to Coongie Lakes
18 April – Tibooburra – via Bore track, Epsilon & Omnicron Stations & Toona Gate (I’ve written a log on this route)
19 April – Tibooburra – Explore Sturt National Park
20 April – Bush Camp or Station Stay tracking south from Milparinka towards Silverton
21 April – Silverton (Penrose Park – great place to camp, better than Broken Hill)
22 April – Melbourne

Cheers, Baz – The Landy

Just a couple of thoughts. 1. That is plenty of driving, in that time period, for the long dusty gravelly roads indicated....that said though, happy camping is still quite doable. If you had time to break a couple of the longer legs into overnight camps that would add quality. 2. On long distance communications, just in case 'things' go pear shaped...while UHF is very handy, in my view it is a mistake to rely on that for possible serious events (and one shouldn't rely on other travelers necessarily being in the immediate area). For peace of mind, hiring a satphone, HF radio or one of the other distance communications options should be seriously considered.
As well as the excellent HEMA map products, the Westprint Maps have lots of informative annotations on special locations printed within the maps, along those routes....various authors have written great books on some of the outback routes too (Motoring Organisations etc. have them....an example isOutback SA and Birdsville.
That said....have a great time !

I would swap the fuel for an extra spare tyre

should be a great trip, we have done it towing an off road van. We only had 140 lts of diesel, getting 20.5 lts / 100 kms. You won't need the extra fuel if you keep topping up your tank. The lighter you travel the better.
If you have good tyres you should be OK. Reduce tyre pressure on non bitumen roads and travel at a comfortable speed.
Have you got a compressor? you will need it for sure.
If wet, the roads will be closed. Around Easter there will be plenty of other travellers so you will see plenty of vehicals.
Everybody helps one another, if anybody gets into trouble.
Take your time and enjoy your trip.