Sunday, Jun 25, 2017 at 13:00
Odog, if you haven't done it then you will find it interesting I guess. It's a decent 2WD highway except the WA-DR bit (and oftentimes the 40km or so east of DR, although the last two times that bit was smooth as). We use it as a short-cut to "the rest of Australia" from the west, and vice-versa. Have done it in 1972?/2014/2015/2016 and will probably use it again, as I absolutely hate driving the Nullarboring (done that at least 8 times now, which is at least 7 times too many.).
Back on the matter of permits. Heading west you go through the Uluru park entrance station between
Yulara and
the Rock. Holding a valid transit permit they
check your permit and send you on your way past
the Rock, whereas "tourists" pay their park entrance fee. They actually take your permit and
check it, so I don't know whether they would consider an out-of-date permit
invalid or not. That aside, we have always had valid permits and have never been asked for them anywhere except as above.
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