travelling along theplenty highway

It is a wide gravel road with lots of corrugations, some stones and some small rocks. 80kmh will do nicely. Some of it is fenced, some isnt. There are camping opportunities along the banks of dry creek beds. If it is wet you are in trouble. Watch out for Road Trains(triples up to 60m long)! Enjoy

Its greatly improved over the past 10 years or so. I did from Boulia to Alice in a long day, taking it fairly easy but just keeping on keeping on. Some nice country and as posted, take care. Let the tyre pressures down a tad, it is well known for stuffing the round expensive black bits :)) (I didn't have any problems but many did). Boulia end was graded for around 30K, goat track to the border and full steam ahead from there on across. There are even some rest shelters, not many but a few. I was overtaken by a tourist bus from Alice Springs around Jarvois, I guess they wanted to take the day trippers home.

There isn't much money around for road maintenance in the Territory at the moment, the road may be fairly corrugated. For information on the state of the road it might pay to give Harts Range police stn a call prior to your departure 0889569772 and Infrastructure Roads and Transport 0889515542. There is also a web site listed in the phone book www.roadreport.nt.gov.au

Its tough on trailers so make sure the suspension setup is solid. I have seen stub axels broken and tyres with holes punched through the sidewalls although this was some years ago and we took 2 days. Haven't been through recently but just take it easy.