Trans Continental Railway Line
Submitted: Monday, Jan 03, 2005 at 22:20
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Hi there
We are wanting to drive along the railway line from
Tarcoola SA to Kalgoorlie WA in Sept 2005, and are just wanting to know from anyone who has done this trip ie: conditions, permits required and interesting sights along the way. Any comments would be much appreciated.
Happy travelling
Eddy & Helen
Reply By: dave487 - Monday, Jan 03, 2005 at 23:24
Monday, Jan 03, 2005 at 23:24
Hi Eddy & Helen
I did the trip across from Glendambo to Kalgoorlie in 2002.The track is now closed
as the yanks have bought the railway and closed everything .Tried to find out why but cannot get any answers. Anyone now crossing is liable to $5000 fine waiting at the end of the track as train drivers are told to get all license numbers of all vehicles.The track is open from
Rawlinna to Kalgoorlie.When we crossed it the track was just that. The wooden sleepers under the rails have been replaced by concrete ones and the steel pins were thrown on the track which meant we drove over them for hundreds of kilometres. We had nine punctures and did five tyres on the trip. Lucky we had plenty of spares. Hope this helps you. I am going to do the Anne Beadell in May. Welcome to join us if you like.
Dave
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Reply By: Member - Luxoluk - Tuesday, Jan 04, 2005 at 19:25
Tuesday, Jan 04, 2005 at 19:25
In 2002 did Glendambo down to
Ceduna via Googs and back up from
Eucla to
Forrest and along to
Rawlinna (up the Connie Sue after that). Those train drivers were a friendly lot and were happy to let the horn go in acknowledgement of kids and us. Unless it is signed closed, which it wasn't when I did it, I would go again without hesitation. There are a couple of track choices along the route and it looked like Telstra has been laying a lot of cable so it must be a shared space?? I think there is a lot of mythology floating around about this issue. If you really want to get a feel for what's going on at present then I suggest you ring the caretaker/operator of the
Forrest facility which includes a bloody big commercial air strip.
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Reply By: Steve & Jen - Saturday, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:38
Saturday, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:38
Have heard SA side closed to 4WD however WA side OK
By the way a must stop is
Forrest airport, Accomodation, Food, Fuel
See web site www.forrestairport.com.au
Have just spent some time there. A little OASIS in the middle of the Nullabor
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Reply By: Steve & Jen - Saturday, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:39
Saturday, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:39
Have heard SA side closed to 4WD however WA side OK
By the way a must stop is
Forrest airport, Accomodation, Food, Fuel
See web site www.forrestairport.com.au
Have just spent some time there. A little OASIS in the middle of the Nullabor
Good Luck
Steve & Jenny
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