Bourke to Louth Road
Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:06
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GaryT53
We are heading to
Bourke in early September and would like to take a detour
home through
Louth and
Cobar.
We tow a 3.2t off-road van. Can anyone please tell me what is the road like?
Reply By: Member - A J - Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:27
Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:27
Gary T53
We came down from
Bourke to
Louth on about the 10th last month towing a 2.3t off road van
There was two vans both off road and we had no problems at all.
Road was in good condition - watch out for the wildlife
Do not know what rain they got there last week - if any
A J
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Follow Up By: GaryT53 - Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:40
Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:40
Hi AJ,
Thank you for the
feedback. Did you stay on the river near the pub?
I am also keen to do part of the Dowling Track from
Thargomindah to
Bourke. You haven't been up that way have you?
Don't know about any rain last week but it was shocking down here in
Melbourne so maybe they got some.
Gary
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Follow Up By: Member - A J - Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 09:15
Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 09:15
Gary T53
We left
Bourke about 9.30 am and after having a look around
Louth left and travelled to
Tilpa Weir to
camp.
No I have not travelled the Dowling track for the past 25 years
A J
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Follow Up By: Rober B - Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 13:09
Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 13:09
Drove down to
Louth from
Bourke sat week ago towing a 2.5 ton van stayed at
trilby station they had 4 mill of rain Monday night roads were closed we waited till Wednesday and went to
Cobar about 70 ks dirt it was fine . We weregoing to go to willcania on the dirt but more rain was forecast so took the safer option.
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Reply By: gbc - Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 11:07
Tuesday, Aug 08, 2017 at 11:07
The north bank road (off the
Wanaaring rd) is pretty choppy for the first 20 odd kms of dirt then sorts itself out depending on which side of the river you wanted to drive. Plenty of nice station stays along the river.
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