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Could be at the northern most of the two intersections below, but no specific mention. Could be at either of the other two intersections outside the circle as well??

Excerpt from Natmap 1965

Do you have the next chart north, Equinox?

Do you have a nautical background Frank? :-)

You've lost me there mate LOL.

But no, not nautical. Aviation.

OK, that makes sense too.
It was the "chart" reference.

Ah, yes, that crossed my mind, but crossing is all it did. It didn't stop, LOL.

A cartographer might have said " sheet" but I'm not one of those.

I was hoping the Mulga Park road might have been on the Scott sheet/chart. Maybe it wasn't there when the sheet was compiled?

Cheers

Frank, the northern of the two junctions you circled is on the road that didn't exist back then (according to the map segments Alan posted). The most likely candidate for our southerly approach would be the track just west of the 66 grid on Scott, which meets the E-W road on Cooper but with odd geometry cf the two you circled. The (abandoned) camp site didn't align with anything visible in the way of mining activity - it was just another spot in the middle of nowhere which we picked because it was cleared ground.

Both the two junctions you circled fit my recollection of the road geometry better than the old Cooper junction adjacent the mining centre.

Love the term sumpbashers.
Graham

Barry, that 133.9 is obviously the one. Fascinated about the source of that info, and the year their trip was undertaken. It's also going to cause me to ask myself whether we saw that reference on the area 1,000,000 map.

The "trick" now of course is to relate that to the mapped junctions in the sheets we are looking at.

Zippo,

With a bit more digging, I have the page that links to the one I posted. It appears that the trek notes relate to travel undertaken in the 1970s. NatMap says not to rely on these notes as the tracks have changed. The link is "MG2". Australia changed to kilometres in 1974, so these notes must pre-date that.
70s Trek Notes
This page comes from this one here Diverse map notes

Cheers,
Barry

Depends on the area but often geological maps will have better/more up-to-date topo info on them , esp where mining-related activities or mineral-prospective areas are concerned. Something to consider if you're looking for another source. Don't expect topo features like road names to be prominent though.

I like the "all two wheel drive" note! Nowadays, nearly any unsealed surface that is only occasionally graded, is clearly marked, "4WD ONLY!" LOL

That was obviously the days when a bog-standard Holden ute was regarded as being good enough for bush roads and tracks.

Cheers, Ron.

Ron, my vehicle back in '72 out there was definitely 2WD. Don't have a pic to hand (as I'm on the road atm) but it was a Fiat 125 sedan, replete with four spare wheels, second fuel tank AND an Engel MRFT514 which I have with us today.

4WD ONLY? Phooey!