Border track/Centre track

Like anywhere I guess - do you have effective comms ? Being very cautious, I wouldn't be going into bush track areas with kids unless I had at least 2 comms options. How about the scenario ? .........You get a flat.....you have changing problems...it rains.......you can't move for a day or two - water ? tucker ? - shelter options need to be on hand. I do a bit of operating on a VKS737 radio network base....we have often had people broken down in places quite close to 'civilisation' but if you can't move, and people can't get into you (poor weather), then the distance to the nearest help or main road doesn't matter much. If you had a companion vehicle, the whole equation changes markedly in my view. Seems also
dodgy on counting on other people to 'be around'.

Depending on the amount of rain there are a few patches on the border track that may be a bit tricky, also a couple of tricky dunes to get over. The rest of the track is straight forward. The centre track wont be a problem. I wouldn't count on seeing anyone at all out there. Best bet is to give the Ranger a call at 08-8576-3690

I have been there plenty of times and the most people i have seen there are a couple of vehicles along the way and actually havent seen them but just heard them on the uhf....

If you see more than 5 cars along there on any busy day i would be surprised....

But anyway,, the border or centre tracks are ok on your own if you are prepared....

There are dunes on the border which are quite hard at the bordertown end and the centre is pretty flat...

I have an older diesel patrol and i wouldnt hesitate to go the border......
I have a motorola uhf and can trigger a repeater the whole way...

G'day Brewman

Uncle and I did the track on our lonesome in March from the Murray River through to Little Desert NP in Victoria. Did not see a single vehicle until we drove across the Great Western Highway. The sand is soft in places and I had a bit of strife getting over the second last dune. It was midday and it was hot and I was too lazy to drop the tyre pessures down from 18psi so I found an easy way around the dune...very naughty I know but nevertheless. About 50km from the G Western Hwy the track is very hard to find and we got severely bushed and I had to winch a tree out of our way. Then the track ran in to property paddocks and disappeared. I backtracked and took a punt and drove west through a property and found a made road a little further on and then some bitumen and we ended up on the road to Wolseley after crossing the GW Hwy.

No worries doing it on your own. Just take it easy and enjoy the scenery and rop those tyres pressures :-)))

I did several tracks in and around Ngarkat/ Big desert travelling solo with my two boys on the Queen's B'Day weekend. Plenty of other cars on the borde track but didn't see more than 1 or 2 cars on the lesser used tracks. the driving was easy for the mosrt part due to rain dampening down the sandy stretches. the Murrayville - Nhill track was treacherous and very boggy in many places, only saw two other cars on that track but plenty of activity on the UHF. I tend to travel a bit on my own but it is always a risky thing, take plenty of food, water and sleeping bag in case you have an unplanned for night in the bush.

Hi brew, I have travelled the border track several times , but I think it is closed at the moment, National parks are stuffing it up and I believe it is closed at the moment or was recently, so ring National Parks and check up.

I am sure that I have read that it is closed from Scorpion Springs onwards. You can go to the "T" junction to the windmill, and thats all.

Cheers

Wolfie