Anne Beadell. How Long?

Personally I’d allow at least two weeks as there is so much to see and explore. Plus travel can be slow to the point you may only do less than 100 kilometres in a day...

Enjoy!

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

Hi Siringo

As a bare minimum, I would allow nothing less than 7 days..

Do as much research as you can, as there is a lot more to see out there than most expect.


Cheers



Stephen

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Hi Siringo,

If you are in a hurry it can be done in 5 days.
If you want an enjoyable trip with no side exploring, allow 7 days.
If you want the full experience with exploration, allow 14 days.

My way is to set no times or expectations and simply take it as it comes. lol

Thanks everyone for the help.

I'm allowing 7 days, I do want to do some exploring, it's a long way to go and not do any.

Can anyone suggest any 'must see' highlights on Anne Beadell?

Hi Siringo,

I always allow for 12 sleeps, I will be leaving Coober Pedy on the 2nd or 3rd of May this year to do it again.

Last August I had a close call with a vehicle travelling to fast.
Had made radio contact then heard no more so I slowed down and the next thing a vehicle floats around the bend, I could see daylight under passenger side wheels as he tried to stop and ended up in the bushes on the wrong side of the track, could of been sad way to end a holiday.

I think 5 days across the Anne Beadell would be nothing short of a nightmare.

Regards,
Dave

7 to 14 for me..
Depends if their is a lot of colorful vegetation to see as well as the usual odds and ends.
I've been 3 times and plan another trip this year. I like sniffing around Len's spoor.. hehe

Siringo, another thing to consider is the recent heavy rain through Central Australia. I am not sure if the rain reached this area, if it did, the road conditions may be quite difficult, someone else may know. Stephen Langham who is on this forum may be a good person to ask.

Macca.

A few years ago someone on this site said their convoy took 6 days and then listed all the problems they had with the cars. Another replied their group took 12 days and did not break anything.

I rarely exceed 100 ks a day on those type of roads but a lot more on good ones like the Birdsville or Oodnadatta track. You will be averaging around 200 on a changing surface that can range from recently graded to very rough. A few more days added to your trip would be a good insurance policy.

From Ilkurlka roadhouse to Laverton is an easy drive, the fuel man/recovery guy drives a truck and trailer loaded with 200L drums regularly along this track.
Corrugations are minor and sand hills are capped.
The excursion to see the plane wreck is the only area where you may need to leave the trailer behind..
Rain can cause a couple of places to become a trial, but rain forecasts are usually on the money, so forewarned it is!

I spent five days simply driving from Cooper Pedy to Emu, exploring the Emu area, then driving back to Cooper Pedy. :)

Day 1: left CP first thing in the morning, made it to the western edge of Tallaringa Conservation Park.

Day 2: drove the rest of the way to the western side of Emu, arriving in early afternoon. Spent the day exploring till sunset, then camped for the night.

Day 3: More exploring around Emu, generally working my way East. Then in the afternoon started east again on the AB, stopping at sunset to camp.

Day 4: Continued east, still finding things to stop and look at. Camped at the east edge of Tallaringa, right before the gate, since I knew I couldn't make it to CP before dark.

Day 5: Drove the rest of the way to CP.

BTW, this was in a hire four-wheel drive. Which only had a 75 liter tank, and the low fuel light came on before I got back to Coober pedy! But otherwise, no vehicle problems. ;)

The one thing yet to be mentioned is permits. Woomera is looking like it will be quite busy this year so worth researching their advanced notice of closures. Nothing worse that getting to the start and finding the gate locked

Rob

When we went in May 2016 it had been recently graded out to around Emu....made for much faster travelling.

Just going over my permits.

I have an up to date SA Desert Parks Pass. Does anyone know if I need a pass to go through Mamungari Conservation Park?

Thanks.

We've been home a few days since completing our trip.

It took us 7 solid days to travel from Coober Pedy to Laverton, travelling about 6 hours a day.

The track from Coober Pedy to Emu is terrible, from Emu to the WA border slightly better. From the WA border to Laverton better with some terrible sections.

It was a torture test for the body and the car and my advice is if you're not sure whether you want to do it, don't. It's not a very comfortable trip and I was constantly alert watching the track to try to pick the best line.

The vehicle was always noisey and bumpy due to the corrugatuions which meant often we couldn't even speak to each other when driving.

Every day of driving was driving on very badly corrugated road, starting the second you turned onto it.

I prepared the vehicle thoroughly for the trip & am amazed at how strong it must be to have completed the track with no damage. I'm not picking on brands or models, but I'm not too sure how well lighter 4WDs such as the 4x4 tradie ute style vehicle may fair on this track.

My Patrol held up well. We kept bumping into another couple in a 79 series ute and they said they had no mechanical issues post track either.

The sign at the Cobber Pedy end of the track says Laverton 1300kms, which is pretty accurate.

Of that 1300kms, I'd have to say that at least 1000kms is corrugated. Of that 1000, at least 600 is horrendously corrugated and 400 is severely corrugated.

We bumped into a couple coming the other way who had done the track 2 years previously and they said they couldn't believe how badly the track had deteriorated in that time.

Would I do it again? I don't think I would.