Bourke to Tibooburra via Wanaaring.
Submitted: Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 01:18
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Stephen H15
I realise with Covid, there might not be too many travellers around at present but I am hoping to do a run through this way to the
Corner Country in about 6 weeks. Just wondering about road conditions in general. I will be checking with
Wanaaring General Store closer to the time but thought I'd ask here as
well. Hope to get to
Noccundra,
Thargomindah,
Hungerford and back to
Bourke as
well in my quick trip. Only me and my 2013 Mazda BT-50 with canopy. Cheers.
Reply By: rumpig - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 07:02
Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 07:02
Did
Tibooburra to
Wanaaring a few years back...it’s a good wide dirt road we easily sat on 100kph as we towed our camper trailers (mate towed a hybrid). The road was boring as bat poo scenery wise though, scrub lining either side of it gives little to look at, mate said the same thing and we actually had to pull up 30 minutes from
Wanaaring to stretch our legs because we were so bored with the drive. The other side of
Tibooburra to
Cameron Corner via Sturt National Zpark is a really nice drive though, but very stoney in some areas and would sort out any average tyres quickly.
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Follow Up By: Stephen H15 - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 14:41
Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 14:41
Thanks for that. Hope your next trip is a good one, wherever that may be. :)
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Follow Up By: Hoyks - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 17:50
Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 17:50
I got caught on that road in the rain, 20-30km/h crabbing sideways with front wheels in one lot of ruts and rear wheels in another for about 20km, at which point I'd get it straight for a few hundred meters or get tram lined into the ruts to go through a
gate way, only to have it slide and crab along on the opposite lock for the next 10-20km.
A very long, slow 5-6 hr trip into
Tibooburra, where we were then stuck for 5 days. And I wasn't towing.
If it looks like rain, then I'd have a really good think about it. Its tar most of the way from
Broken Hill to
Tibooburra, so at least there is an escape route now.
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Follow Up By: Stephen H15 - Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 20:19
Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 20:19
Thanks for that. Will definitely be checking the weather as I go. Btw, apparently Tib. to
Broken Hill recently finished and fully paved. For your interest.
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Follow Up By: Rangiephil - Sunday, Jul 05, 2020 at 09:53
Sunday, Jul 05, 2020 at 09:53
Yes about 15 years ago did Wannaring to Bouke in the rain.
We later found that the cops closed the road just after we left.
I had a Detroit locker in the back and drove most of the way looking out the drivers side window as the back ran down the slope. And that was a Range Rover with constant AWD
2 of our group of 10 speared off the road into full drains as they had forgotten that they had lock on when the front wheels suddenly grabbed out of ruts.
Funnily enough a Mazda 626 Fwd slotted into our group and made it to
Bourke.
Regards PhilipA
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Follow Up By: Member - Cuppa - Sunday, Jul 05, 2020 at 15:02
Sunday, Jul 05, 2020 at 15:02
2017. We found the drive from
Tibooburra through to
Wanaaring fairly 'exciting' although not someting we'd choose to repeat...... we got caught in a fairly full on dust storm. Temperatures were in the low 40's. We pulled up & shut off the motor to let the worst of it pass. With windows wound up to keep the dust out it was like being in a sauna looking out at hell. Once on the move again we were driving on a 'moving road', or at least that's how it looked much of the time with dust still swirling around. We were heading to
Bourke & then southward, but a couple of months earlier had been headed north & passed through
Wanaaring toward
Hungerford,
Currawinya & on up to
Eulo &
Yowah, & whilst there had met a few locals, one of whom invited us to
camp on his station alongside a long Paroo
waterhole. Possibly one of the nicest
camp spots we've had, it was so good to reach it a second time after that dust storm & share the water with the yellowbelly & Pelicans for a while!
http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2017/10/02/back-to-civilisation/
At the
Tibooburra end I recommend the Aboriginal Reserve
camp ground, a rather nice setting just a kilometre or so out of town. Pay at the Land council building (house) in town near the servo.
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Follow Up By: Stephen H15 - Tuesday, Jul 07, 2020 at 23:04
Tuesday, Jul 07, 2020 at 23:04
Cuppa. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Follow Up By: Member - Dublediff - Saturday, Jul 11, 2020 at 20:20
Saturday, Jul 11, 2020 at 20:20
I dunno, bat poo is really exciting these days! Shut down us Mexicans- again,
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Reply By: Member - Jim S1 - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 08:14
Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 08:14
Hi Stephen
Roads are OK. Typical gravel, some quick, some a bit slower.
Currawinya NP on the Paroo River ( actually a branch of the Paroo) can be nice for birdlife if it hasn't been too dry. Hot showers available !!
Noccundra has a
nice camp also, and a pub.
Love the
corner country, but be prepared for dust and flies .
Cheers
Jim
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Follow Up By: Stephen H15 - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 14:46
Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 14:46
Thanks for that. I'm prepared for the flies as I went to The Corner Oct. 2017, but came from
Broken Hill. Will try to plan my trip for a squizz at
Currawinya. Safe travelling to you. :)
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Reply By: Phil G - Friday, Jul 03, 2020 at 19:38
Reply By: Kilcowera Station Stay - Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:54
Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:54
And please take some firewood to
Noccundra waterhole. The area is completely denuded of even the smallest stick, people cut live trees down and try to burn them. It may not be too long before the local council shuts the
camping area down!
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Follow Up By: LAZYLUX16 - Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 14:22
Saturday, Jul 04, 2020 at 14:22
Wow not good, I worked there years ago, what a beautiful place.Pity old pub changed, crazy times there.
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Reply By: Sigmund - Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020 at 04:26
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020 at 04:26
The area has just had rain. One semi lost it on the
Wanaaring Rd. I tried to get from the Macquarie Marshes to
Brewarrina and had to turn back (was towing). A flat bed dropped its rear off the shoulder and couldn't get back up.
It's very slow in drying out, that cack-brown dirt.
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Follow Up By: Stephen H15 - Thursday, Jul 16, 2020 at 00:05
Thursday, Jul 16, 2020 at 00:05
Thanks for the info. I will be checking with
Wanaaring General Store closer to time ( about 5 weeks) and hope it has stayed dry enough. Appreciate the update as I haven't actually driven along there. Cheers.
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