Following through some correspondence with Michelle regarding section of Maps that need updating for Binns Track, Michelle was honest and said she was not familiar with this part of the Northern Territory, and shared this link from the NT Tourist…
NT Tourism Map.wrong
The map shows the incorrect route from
Alice Springs to Gemtree, going straight by the Bitumen, whereas the correct route actually goes east out via
Ross River, then north via Arltunga and then actually coming out on the
Plenty Highway, around 20km east of Gemtree.
The next wrong section on the NT Tourism map shows you head north near Gemtree and them make your way north to the Sandover Highway….wrong.
The true and correct route is around
well over 100km east of Gemtree, before heading north.
Any planning on doing this drive, regarded as one of Australia’s , longest continuous four wheel drive tracks of over 2200 kilometres, under no circumstances follow the map on the NT Tourism site.
A great booklet to have as your travelling companion is this booklet,
Binns Track Book.
Also for anyone that also use OziExplorer, they also have a great digital map of the route.
If you want to see what the full drive is like, I have recently put up my new blog,
Full Binns Track Drive.
Each section of the drive is very
well signposted, with a very large
sign, as shown by a number of my photos on my blog showing you either what section you have just started or just completed.