camping along Tanami

Got a gps? Traveling from Alice to Halls Creek, about 15 - 20 km past the NT / WA boarder look for a bush track on the left - very hard to see unless you are traveling slow S 19 53.133 E 128 37.930 This is a small quarry where material has been removed for road fill. Only about 70 - 80 metres off the road but there is a good track in and a cleared area to camp on. In case of rain don't camp in the excavated depression, there are signs that it has filled with run-off in the past!

Hi,

Don't over look Wolfe Creek crater. I know its close to the end but not a bad place to camp. There was also a dry creek bed about half way (it is shown as a camping spot on most maps) this was pretty good as well (we had a 50th birthday party here).

Kind regards

The site described I think as the quartz hill, is an ideal campsite, certainly the best we found along the Tanami. You travel past the Granites a little way and look for a small hill on the left with a rock cairn on top. A track leads over the hill to a quiet cleared area. You can watch but not hear the huge mining trucks at night running along the horizon. A nice spot.

We did the trip in June 2005
Quartz Ridge was our first camp after Alice Springs - turnoff is S 20 29 42.3, E 130 14 21.6
Easy trip then to Sturt Creek where we camped beside the waterhole - many birds here
We were planning to camp at Wolfe Creek but was hot and the "dry season easterly" was blowing a gale - could hardly stand on top of the crater
We went to Halls Creek instead

Nice camp at Sturt Creek east of Bililuna

I recall a small space at the WA/NT Border.

In days gone by Bruce Farrands would let you camp at Rabbit Flat for free if you bought something there and did not complain about the price lol

From Rabbit Flat to Alice there isnt much in the way of campsites as the spinifex comes right to the side of the road. One used to be able to camp at the Old Granites mine site but I think that it is fenced off now.

We camped at the ruins of an old homestead further along from Yuendumu a few times, northern side of the track, there is a small mountain/hill and an old track goes around the northern side. about a k off the road from memory.