All Roads Open from Birdsville

Hi Willb, what's the name of the place you worked on at Weil????

Hi banjobush I worked for a short time on "Glenora" owned by Ernie White.
Do you know the area?
Will

Willb, Aunt and Unlce used to own Byra neext door to Brenda. Now parents own Merrinong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Crazie, we are doing the Simpson trip in 10 weeks, cant wait either, but more importantly, we have the same model Jackaroo as you (except ours is Diesel) and I am wondering if you are doing the crossing? I would love to hear how you go if you do.

See our post id: 23829 for details of what we are taking, or email me. etsmith@netspace.net.au.

Kind Regards,

Eric

2 more sleeps , 2 more sleeps , 2 more sleeps

1 more sleep, 1 more sleep, 1 more sleep.

Gidday Eric

Isn't John on Exploroz ? I'm sure you could contact him via a post....

Save Travels

Karsten

I think John's on a bit of a holiday before setting up house in Alice Springs.

Gidday Mike
Which way are you coming ?

Have a good trip and we'll see you then.

Regards

Karsten

Karsten, we're coming from Innamincka via Cordillo Downs, on July15. We're towing a camper trailer, so will be taking it fairly easy. I remember that the CD track is "interesting" when it's been wet.

Happy trails, Mike.

Alot can happen in three weeks, but we will keep you posted. A couple of guys came in last night up the Cordillo Rd. A few mud puddles but nothing to cause any headaches. We're all keeping a fairly close eye on the sky at the moment.

On a lighter note keep an eye in the west just after sunset over the next week or so. Mercury, Venus & Saturn are moving closer together. It might be a bit hard for city folk to see Mercury (being very low in the north-west) but it will be rising every night.

The CD track...mmm...."The Birdsville Track Song" ?

We just relived it, with some minor variations. This time we stopped at Mungerannie. The rest of the verse was true though "one beer is one too many, five hundred's not enough !" atleast for the songwriter.

The "band" had two little kids on board and are much more responsible !

Regards

Karsten

Gidday Glenn

I think you have your wires crossed big time. There's no mention of people driving along closed roads in this post. What's more is the information is entirely accurate, the roads out of Birdsville are OPEN. They were open the day before yesterday. A full day before I posted this thread.

The weekend before last I drove to Jundah with my family to represent the Diamantina Shire versus Barcoo Shire. The roads were cut while we were there. Instead of driving back home and cutting up the roads, we drove via Charleville-Cunnamulla-Bourke-Cobar-Willcania-Broken Hill-3 days Adelaide and then back home up the BV track.....A 3500km+ round trip. At Marree and Mungerannie the track was open to 4WD. It probably should have been closed a day earlier, but it wasn't.

I can't account for driver behaviour. More education is necessary. What I would like to understand is why you seem to have taken exception with my post,"Roads open from Birdsville" entirely accurate, roads having been open since the day before yesterday posted by a resident of Birdsville, and a post of today which provides exactly the same information (a day later) from an anonymous person going by the name of "birdsville".....very intriguing.

Please explain ?

Regards

Karsten

Hi Karsten,

Not sure if you are feeling guilty about anything, but nowhere did I mention that you had driven on closed roads. In your original post you wrote "Had some people come in from Walkers Crossing and although it was difficult, that should be clear soon as well.". Walkers Crossing has been closed for a week now and so my concern was directed at these types of people. I would have thought locals such as yourself to Birdsville, would also be irate at those who travel on closed roads as it affects you more than most.

Cheers

Glenn

Gidday Glenn

I know you weren't implying I'd driven on closed roads, and I assumed you were refering to my mention of people coming in via Walkers Crossing, but you also implied the road information I had given was incorrect, which it wasn't.

I was also concerned that "birdsville" implied Walkers Crossing was a road into Birdsville, which it isn't. "birdsville" also implied the information I had given was incorrect by stating "Walkers Crossing is actually closed".
As I said, Walkers Crossing should be open soon.

As I said Glenn I completely agree with you about driving on closed roads (hence my 3500km+ detour to get home).

I read both replies you posted and you effectively imply an anonymous posting (a day late) is somehow more accurate than an "on the ground" report on time.

We've all been doing it tough this season, it was a slow start and now this rain, although very welcome, has put a real "dampner" on business. When the roads are open, we want people to know, both for our survival and their travelling enjoyment.

I'm sure you would prefer Ruth and I keep posting updates, but it is very disheartening when updates are treated with such disdain, as you imply by thanking birdsville for accurate info. and having ago at "other" information on the forum. On checking I can't find any other posts other than the one I had posted yesterday, so naturally assumed you were refering to it.

Perhaps if you want to make a point about driver behaviour you could dedicate a post to it, I for one, would weigh in on your side.

Regards

Karsten

Well said Karsten, the info that you and Ruth supply is worth it's weight in gold. Please keep up the good work.

See you both soon.

Happy trails, Mike.

perhaps it's time to remind people who dare to drive on closed roads in SA that the fine is $1000 per wheel!