Camooweal to Lawn Hill Route and Conditions
Submitted: Monday, Aug 13, 2018 at 15:48
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Member - Penski
I will be heading to
Lawn Hill from
Camooweal in about a week and unsure of the best route to take. The plan is to take the
Gregory Downs
Camooweal Road and then travel via
Riversleigh. There also looks to be another option to travel to Thorntonia from the
Barkly Highway at
Inca Creek and then continue as planned via
Riversleigh. The other options involve travelling a long way east first so too many k’s. Has anyone travelled this recently and have any thoughts? Pajero towing a camper trailer on return leg from
Gibb River Road and Bungle Bungles trip so have done a few rough k’s so far. Thanks.
Ron
Reply By: Ozi M - Monday, Aug 13, 2018 at 16:07
Monday, Aug 13, 2018 at 16:07
I drove the
Gregory Downs to
Riversleigh turn off part of this road last year.
It was awful, easily the worst "gravel highway" I have been on ever. It had all been graded when laid but it was made up of fine dirt/sand and sharp rocks about 150mm in size.
Traffic had removed a lot of the sand leaving the sharp edges protruding up in the air and this is what we had to travel on.
We crept over it (at 20-30k) expecting to cut a tyre at any time, we were very glad to see the
Riversleigh turn off. The road from there to Adels Grove was a typical gravel road and no problems.
Hopefully someone has been there this year and can give you a more up to date report.
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Follow Up By: Gazza70 - Monday, Aug 13, 2018 at 17:57
Monday, Aug 13, 2018 at 17:57
Traveled this road in April this year and would categorically agree with the above comment! Did meet the
grader on the
Camooweal side about 40km in! Very slow and no damage,Thank God!
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Reply By: Member - Penski - Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 at 19:34
Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 at 19:34
Just following up as I enjoy my first night at
Lawn Hill. I used the route as planned and in Motherhens map above. Compared to where I have driven recently it was a great drive in. There was a good amount of bitumen, much of the gravel road was like a highway and there were some rocky or lightly corrugated sections. It seems like there has been recent grading. The last 7.5k into the NP were the worst. It was easy to maintain 60 to 80 on all the gravel and I did drop my tyre pressures. The only anxious moments were two causeways at
Riversleigh. Very slippery and one flowing quite quickly but neither very deep. I did feel the steering let go for a few moments. There was very little traffic on this route
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