Anne and Connie
Submitted: Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 18:47
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IvanTheTerrible
Anybody done the
Anne Beadell Highway from
Coober Pedy to
Neale Junction and then the Connie to
Warburton? If so roughly how long did it take?
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 20:28
Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 20:28
"Roughly" is a good word for those tracks.
Depends on whether you are smelling the roses or just doing the drive.
Coober pedy to
Neale Junction will take between 7 and 10 days.
Neale Junction to
Warburton take 2-3 days.
Both are very rough but if you take it easy, you have fewer problems.
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Follow Up By: IvanTheTerrible - Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 20:52
Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 20:52
Bugger. Somebody else said
Neale junction in 3 days taking it easy.
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 21:51
Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 21:51
Haha - Tell em they're dreamin
The driving is average, but the
Great Victoria Desert is Australia's nicest
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 23:29
Monday, Oct 16, 2017 at 23:29
As PHIL has just said, tell them "they must be dreaming " or were they in a plane?
It will take you at least 3 days just to get to Emu from
Coober Pedy.
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - Ross N (NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017 at 12:59
Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017 at 12:59
I drove Emu to
Coober Pedy in one long steady day but it was after the AB had been recently graded.
Depends entirely on the road conditions and your need for haste
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Reply By: Member - gujimbo - Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:20
Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:20
Greetings all,
Our group took two days to get to
Anne's corner in July 2017. The Anne Beadell
was very heavily corrugated .First day approx 220km and the second day about 152km we then proceeded in a NW direction where our daily distances were about
70km a day for the next 5 days.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member BarryG - Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:28
Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:28
Ivan,
You asked me for more detail. Here it is.
Yes, we were towing an Ultimate Offroad Camper - never hampered us at all.
Coober Pedy to Tallaringa
Well 155kms, not sure how long this took us.
Tallaringa
Well to Emu 130kms in just over 4 hours (via Ground Zero sites).
Emu to
Voakes Hill Corner 155kms in just under 6 hours.
Voakes to
Serpentine Lakes 175kms in 7 hours.
Serpentine to Ilkurlka 165kms in 5 hours.
Ilkurlka to
Neale Junction 170kms in 4 1/2 hrs (did not visit the light aircraft wreck).
Hope this helps.
BarryG
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Follow Up By: IvanTheTerrible - Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 18:56
Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 at 18:56
Thanks. The GPS track on exploreoz says it's 20 hours driving but sounds better when it comes from someone that has done it at about the pace I was planning on doing it
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Reply By: ian - Saturday, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:48
Saturday, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:48
Hi Ivan,
I am lucky enough to have done it a few times. I see people crawling along, and others belting along. If you move a steady pace, say 9am to 4pm stopping a bit, not in a convoy, and its dry, 4 days is OK from Coober P to Neale J. Doing it in 3 days would just be a race, and not worth it, but doable if you really wanted to. Neale J to
Warburton is a very easy 2 days.
Ian
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Follow Up By: IvanTheTerrible - Saturday, Oct 21, 2017 at 17:19
Saturday, Oct 21, 2017 at 17:19
Thats good. I have 11 days up my sleeve but that includes getting there and
home which is a comfortable two days either way. If it does take longer we just turn around and go back. :)
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