The VIC/SA Border Track - Request for Info

Truckster, the Border Track changes dramatically south of Pinnaroo. You definately wouldn't get your lowered "ROLLS" thru that section of track.
Cheers Peter

Sorry but that's rubbish Trevor. 4 of the biggest dunes are still there. 2 near Hensley Trig & the others south of Red Bluff. & as far as scratches in the paintwork are concerned the track has never been so clear following the bulldozing of extensive fire breaks.
Craig............

Hi Crackles, don't know when you did the trip but as I said went down on 2nd April and compared to the previous 2 times I have done the run the big dunes are now detoured and it was not as challenging.

With regard to scratches, they were always something you lived with. They are no worse than previously but what I meant was that you still got the scratched without the big dunes.

Don't get me wrong, if you haven't done the track it is worth a visit but it is not what it used to be (comparing this time to 2 previous visits)

That said, I do dissagree with posts stating the border track is a freeway. Whilst it changes all the time, it still has it's challenges, and it is still fun. I imagine I will still take novices to 4wdriving there as a good introduction whilst it remains open.

Enjoy the outback,
Trevor

Bugger - I used Michelles profile again - it is really David and not Michelle.

yer yer yer we ALL believe you

Thanks David (aka Michelle) I found your trek site after posting - nothing came up of a search of Border Track. I will spend some time over the weekend learning how to use the PlotSwap thingy.
Cheers
Pete

Yeah too right, all that wasted energy getting out to lock my hubs for nothing..

Bet you $1000 Baz you wouldn't get a standard Commodore or Falcon down the Border track unassisted & I'll bet another hundred that Paul couldn't drive his Patrol on the left hand track up against the dog fence without his hubs in either. LOL
Craig.......

Geez mate, up against the dog fence would severely scratch my paintwork, and do damage to the fence..

You wont get all the way down to the coast avoiding the blacktop. You could head along the road from Pinnaroo to Murrayville and take the Murrayville Track, there are 4x4 signs only but any vehicle can do it in the dry. Good camp along the track at Big Billy. Turn east onto Milmed Rock Track and across Wyperfeld park, good camps at Lake Albacutya...western beach or around Lake Hindmarsh. You could then do a bit more through Little Desert but after that you're on seal to the coast. Personally I'd head down the Border Track to Bordertown and then enter the western block of Little Desert, travel across to exit the eastern block and then scoot to wherever on the blacktop....Where exactly on the coast are you heading to?

When I say any vehicle in the dry I was refering to the Murrayville track only...the moment you deviate onto any other track you need 4x4. Don't wont to put people crook