birdsville

What are the dates for closure around this area? I will be doing the Simson in September (if all goes well)

Check this out.

http://www.exploroz.com/roads/default.asp

Will

Willb, what are you worried about on the Strzlecki? I expect a lot more roads will be open before then. I expect to be coming up from Yunta (South Australia) onto the track about the 3rd or 4th. Every day where there is some sun and wind will dry the surface.

If east of the Cam. Corner was wet, how about a run to Broken Hill, down to Yunta, over to Arkaroola, up the Moolawatana track, to Mt Hopeless on the Strzelecki and on up to Birdsville ? From a Sydney start, that is out of the way, but not badly - maybe ?

Thanks for the replies, I had thought about going to B/H and down to S/A, and up the Strez.
If the Corner country is wet will that water find its way to SA eventually and then cause problems there?
Another idea I had was to go through Cunnamulla, Quilpie to Birdsville and then see what the roads were like to come back through the corner.
I am sure a lot of other people would be in a similar situation as me.
One way or another I am going somewhere, to much planning and expense has gone into the next two weeks to not do something.
Will

Will,

What Banjo has suggested is quite logical.

The rain is coming from the west and will clear from that side. The Strezlecki track is likely to open sooner than the Wanaaring Rd anyway. It is higher and better built. Also the road from Yunta to Arkaroola is pretty good and dries reasonably quickly. If you got to Yunta and the Arkaroola Rd was closed you could still go down to Peterborough and then north on sealed roads as far as Lyndhurst then you have the Strezlecki to take you to Innamincka. All that would not take much longer than what you had planned.

As for your Dad going to Thargo, his best bet would be to drop down to Bourke and on to Cobar. He could meet you there or in Broken Hill and travel with you from then on. I know it's a long way round, but like you said how else do you get there?

In the time you are away the place will probably dry out a bit and you may be able to pick up some of the places you missed earlier on the way home.

I am reminded of a comment from an experienced traveller who saw me packing the Patrol for a trip out into the bush. "Where do you think you are going this time?" he asked. When I told him he simply said "Ïf it doesn't rain".

When it rains you have to rethink, 'cause you can't stop it raining.

Hope it works out.
Duncs