Legal Dirt/GRavel filter.

Also, State Forests are usually ok for trail riding. National Parks that don't charge a daily entrance fee have more accessible trails than those that charge an entry fee. At the end of the day, there's more places to ride where there are fewer people. Most maps often show trails that no longer exist. Motor bikes tend to do the same trails as 4wd's so info can be found at dedicated 4wd sites.

I'd second that complaint about ExplorOz maps - at least a few years ago when I used it last. It showed every possible track including station tracks so I found it impossible to work out a route I could drive. HEMA or other maps showed a lot fewer tracks but I could drive on all of them, making route planning a lot simpler.

Personally I don't mind Exploroz maps having 'all' tracks shown .

The criticism about it making route planning is a non issue (for me). I have generally found that among the various tracks shown at least one of them will be useable, & it is pretty obvious which one it is when actually there.

Hema often (but not always) shows only the main 'useable' track, which if you could rely on that as accurate would be fine, but there have been occasions where we have been following the obviously useable track & our Hema navigator has shown us as not being on a track at all. In circumstances like that it has been immensely reassuring to double check on Exploroz & to find ourselves on a marked track on the map & to be able to see where we are headed.

Certainly there are tracks shown which are not useable but a bit of common sense when there on the ground helps a great deal.

"it is pretty obvious which one it is when actually there" - but what if you have travelled 100 km to get to that point? :-)

I do agree that the combination of Hema and ExplorOz kind of provides the best of both worlds.

I have a sizeable repertoire of apps for touring:

- Avenza Maps for National Park maps
- Memory Maps for the raster HEMA maps
- WikiCamps
- ExplorOz
- Hema Explorer (don't really use anymore)

It's a pity there isn't one app that does a good job of all that.

I agree, Grinbot, but I don't think there will ever be a single app that addresses all users needs. I think you have the best solution - a collection of apps and resources that you can use to aggregate information, sort the wheat from the chaff, verify one against others and what you see in front of you, etc. And don't forhet paper maps!!

I do much the same thing.

I thought it was closed a lot lately because it had been a bit too soggy to use.

Certainly the case recently, but it seems to me to be closed even when it could be open.
We have driven the Birdsville Track many times, it has NEVER been open when we have been there, so we have never driven it.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome