Mount Isa to Alice

Can be.
Sandover is usually in far better condition because there is no camp sites along it.

Hi John,

Google Maps makes some assumptions when giving travel times over gravel roads. It quite often uses 60 kph as the driving speed when calculating time. This is often quite a lot slower than the speed you can actually travel at.

I also use a combination of both Google maps and the Hema Road & 4WD Atlas when planning my trips, and generally use 80 kph as the driving speed to calculate driving times. Not always accurate, but generally it is closer to the actual time required to drive that distance than what Google maps says. Of course, there is nothing wrong with using the Exploroz Traveller App to help plan your trip either, not sure on the accuracy of time required for distance travelled.

To find out the actual road conditions, you might want to contact someone locally closer to the time of your travel for the most up to date road conditions.

Macca.

I drove the Plenty last April and it was a good unsealed road. The road was recently closed due to flooding but should be repaired and opened long before June. On unsealed roads I usually travel at 80km/h with 28-30psi in tyres.