Innamincka to Birdsville

We did the reverse direction last September. A comfortable one day drive with time for stops and a short walk or two. Of course the locals might do it before breakfast, but we are tourists looking for quality experiences. Several things of interest to see on the way. From memory, the bottom third of the Cordillo track is quite sandy and smooth. The mid section up to the border has some very stony sections. You just slow down, and with careful driving and reduced pressures, your tyres shoud be happy. From the border up, and then left to Birdsville, the road was very smooth. That can all have changed a lot of course since Septemver - all except the rocky bits, they will always be there !

yes an easy days drive depending on what you want to see, we were planning on camping abong ZCordillo Downs rd somewhere and making it a REALLY easy days drive

Hi Charlie we did Birdsville to Innamincka via Walkers crossing track great drive and a hell of alot better than the cordillo downs track i do'nt now what your reasons are buy going that way but i'd be taken W/C track cheer's GREENDOG

Charlie. One option is to head out over the Nappa Merrie bridge past the dig tree then North to Arrabury before picking up the Cordillo rd. Nice views from the jump ups then a high speed sandy track without too many corrogations unlike the main rd which chops up pretty bad at times & has more rough creek crossings. It's a full day either way with plenty of stops so if you want to break the drive up & look around a bit more, then a nice spot to camp is at the Cadelga ruins.
Cheers Craig..............

Thanks for all the feedback.
It is reassuring when you haven't been in the area for a while.

Cheers Charlie