road conditions

Road conditions

Baz.

Thanks 4 the reply Baz but being a new visitor I have know idea how to get your reply up sorry , and I am not even a BLONDE.

Robbo

Your best bet would be to check the road and weather conditions just before your trip. We did the trip in October last year after it had rained a bit. The road was extremely slippery and took a great deal of caution. If your Winnnebago is not 4wd I would not recommend it in the wet. Other than that it seemed okay.

Gary

robbo
I agree with Gary, if it's a fine and sunny forcast during your trip - go for it
however any sign of rain can turn those roads into a slippery dip (if you know what I mean). When you can get there you will enjoy some of the best arid scenery in Australia.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Mike

I travelled from Tibooburra west towards Wannaring then south to White Cliffs in July 03. The Wannaring Rd was quite good albeit a little slippery (thanks to rain). Unfortunately during the day (and previous night) there had been quite a bit of rain and once we turned south the track turned to a mud bath, about 6 hours to travel 120km, much of the time just trying to keep the car on the track, straight and moving forward, exhausting driving !!! and that was in my well equipped turbo diesel 80 series. I would definately not attempt the trip (99% dirt once you leave White Cliffs) in your vehicle unless the track is totally dry and there is no chance of rain. If its dry I don't think you would have a problem.
By now I think it will be sealed all the way to White Cliffs, but as I said after that its dirt.
There is not a lot to see via this route, and if you have not yet been to Broken Hill I would recommend that you pay a visit, also to Silverton, as there is quite alot to see in and around Broken Hill

Cheers

Stu

Many Thanks for your information, we think we might go via Broken Hill. Is the road from Broken Hill all Tar? We have been to Broken Hill twice before and we went to Silverton and Lake Minindee.The reason we were going via White Cliffs was we have friends who have a dugout at White Cliffs and invited us to use it. We are going to Tibooburra to do a bit of gold detecting,this is our first real go at it and we were told to try our luck at Tibooburra.If we have no luck there will be a detector FOR SALE.
Thanks again and hope we dont get rain.

Cheers Dianne