Conditions: Kingoonya to Wirrulla via Hiltaba?

Hi Candace

It is a dead easy, wide and most times very good dirt road.

The only time to keep away if it is wet, but that applies to many outback roads.


Cheers


Stephen

We were on it about 6 months ago and a good 50k's was as rough as guts. The rest was pretty reasonable.

Easy Peasy...

Much of it is an easy 80kmph

Googs Trk is wasy which ever way you choose to go I come that way in oct an easy
Mechpete

Hi Candace,

North to south travel on Googs Track was strongly discouraged a few years ago. That no longer seems to be the case. I travelled Googs in both directions in April 2017. Here are some photos of the signs on the track:

While Googs would be a nice way to go, you're in a hire Hilux 4WD, most likely this would make it impractical.
If they said ok, I would go for it, plenty of fuel, it's a great track with lots to see.
(Do take a few hours to climb Mt Finke from the camp, 2 peaks, main one through the saddle, write in the log book.)

Secondly, you would need certain supplies (ample fuel / water, comms), and certainly a sand flag, which might be awkward getting set up on a hire vehicle.
If a suitable bullbar is fitted, then a stout length pf PVC pipe, a bright safety flag of sorts, and some good old duct tape should get you through.

Googs isn't hard for experienced 4WDrs, but just last week a German visitor had to be rescued from Googs, got a flat and no spare. Could have been tragic, it was in the hot spell and they LEFT the vehicle !
A German backpacker rescued on Googs Track

I would even be double checking the hire co to ensure you can even go via Kingoonya - Wirrulla Road, before you get to advanced planning this.
I know a young bloke that actually broke a rear leaf spring on a PX Ranger series 1 driving through there, hit the edge of a small side ditch, so was mostly driver error, but these are primitive roads that only get periodic maintenance.

You dont need to go down all the way to Glendambo to get to Kingoonya. 50klms north of Glendambo there's a shortcut through to Kingoonya - its sign posted. Excellent dirt road, and it will take at least 50klms off your journey.

Its well worth overnighting in Kingoonya, the little pub does good simple meals and a few beers on the verandah before hand will be thoroughly enjoyable.

The town campground has good clean toilets and its always stocked with firewood.

We did most of that in October last year. Mostly good big wide dirt road, a few corras here and there. Have a night at Kingoonya Pub, its a great stopover, cheap basic rooms and a top feed. I dont think Id do Googs in a hire truck. Pretty remote and places like that you should be well prepared and have a pretty reasonable cache of spares. Prefer to have my own trusty Patrol underneath me. I dont see that there's much difference in nth /sth or sth / nth on Googs, pros an cons for both. And if your doing Googs, it'd be a shame not to go out to Narla an Lois Rocks.
Rusty