Old Ghan Railway

Gunner other than it may still be a bit warm its a good trip.
Allow plenty of time dont forget an overnight at chambers pillar, dalhousie springs and old andado and many interesting spots to camp.

Farina just north of Lyndhurst is a good camp and interesting area to have a look around also. Coward Springs is worth a night as well.

Cheers Dave

Gunner,

I have only just recently driven down the Old Ghan Line from Alice Springs to Marree with another vehicle.
We had not trouble, but towing a trailer will be a test of how good the trailer is manufactured. The Old Ghan Line is very corrugated, and the road into Chambers Pillar is quite rough (if you are considering this worthwhile side trip).
There are alternative tracks next the old ghan line, but that is the track used by the Alice to Finke desert race, and has become a real roller coaster ride, (15 kph stuff).
The country is typically sandy, and although quite easy driving, it may be softer at that time of the year.
The drive is a historical railway trip passing old rail sidings, and a side trip into Alice Well is worth it. To get there, turn west at the Bundooma water tower over the sand dunes and drive out to the Hugh River, you won't be disappointed, also a great camping area.

You will enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way, I hope you have a trouble free trip.

Geoff.

Hey Gunner, another place you can camp and it's free is Beresford bore it's an old station ruins and bore, the Blanche Cup is a good look too.

Blanche Cup
Beresford Bore

Baz.

WOW.... well all I can add is that a friend of my was the Station Master at Oodnadatta

I reckon Westprint have good travel maps of this area. Certainly they do a Oddnadatta Track map. Their maps are a lot more than a bare drawing - heaps of info on the reverse side.

may be ExplorOz sells these maps?

Thanks all for your replies. The recent info is just what I needed to help plan the trip. Realise that it will be v. hot and possibly wet at that time of year.The troopy ispretty well ste up with emergency and recovery gear.Plan on taking 4 days from Alice to William Creek. From there it depends on how we feel. Have used Westprint maps in the past-info on reverese is a great background to the area covered by the map.