Get ya maps out...
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 13, 2006 at 21:25
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Laura B
Hi all,
Doing more planing of our trip and plans have changed - going to do 6 weeks from Nowra to Alice and to Surfers then down to
home again in Aug. ( we were going to go up to the top but have decided to do this when we do the cape trip in 2 yrs or so...)
but I need help!!! IM SERIOUS - GET THE MAPS OUT!!!
Ive figured we'll do the Plenty Hwy to
Boulia from Alice but would love to head south to
Cameron Corner....
so do we go down the Diamantina Dev. Road to
Bedourie but whats the best way from here???by the looks of the map we go east at Cluny and go through Monkira and Currawilla but where after this if we did this track???.....
would we go down through Nullah outstation and through Arrabury, Orientos and Santos then eventually west for a bit till we get to
cameron corner?????
then our next biggest thing is that we want to go to St. George and try and follow the QLD/NSW border to
Gold coast to go visit family.........
Also another one for you while you have the maps out.....
can we do that Arkaroola loop and still do
Oodnadatta???? I cannt seem to find it on the map and all I know is that its in the Flinders somewhere - am i right??!!LOL!!
Also what about doing the Gunbarrel over to Ayres
rock from I think its Finke? then doing
Chambers Pillar while around Alice even though its a bit of a hike....
Got any ideas - please help!!!!
Laura B
p.s Is end of Aug to late for this?????we are leaving Nowra last week of Aug and dont want to push things......
Reply By: JJ - Friday, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:51
Friday, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:51
At a quick glance of the map, from the
Plenty Highway, I would go straight down to
Birdsville from
Boulia, then east (115kms across the B'ville Dev. Road) to
Cordillo Downs Road
junction and head south down the CDR the via Innaminacka. Then to Moomba or The Old Strezelrcki Track etc. & finally Cameron's Corner.
Of course, having never been there, I know nothing on road conditions. permits, supplies etc, but would not venture out in a single vehicle... if one gets 'lost' on a map!!!
However, from here it looks pretty straight forward to
St George and
Goondiwindi,
Warwick. To Mt Lindsay H'way, up to
Beaudesert, Tamborine etc.
But I don't get where you are starting from with mention of The Gunbarrel, yet '...leaving Nowra last week of Aug...'.
It all looks easy on paper...
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Reply By: David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along - Friday, Apr 14, 2006 at 19:03
Friday, Apr 14, 2006 at 19:03
Laura,
You really need to do have a really good handle on where u want to go and then locate them all on the map. You really need to very familiar with the locaions and where they are on the map. Then...
1. work out total distance vs time available. Will you be driving for more than 3 or 4 hours every day to do it. If so maybe rethink. I know you can drive for longer than that, but if you do that for weeks on end your holiday will be a pain.
2. break the trip up manageable daily sections and work out the daily distances travelled, time taken which depends on terrain and average driving speed of quite a bit less than 80 kph depending on roads. 80 kph is a good rule of thumb for the time you spend driving, but remember you have to look at the scenery, stop to fuel up and eat etc etc etc.
3. work out where your fuel stops are, and be sure you can safely make it to them and remember that fuel consumption depends on terrain, so you need to know typical fuel consumption figures. In remote terrain you should really have a reserve of fuel for each leg ie more than you require by about 25% if possible.
4. Break the trip into legs of several days with a major town if possible at each leg end. Allow an extra day at these if possible.
If you go from Nowra to Innaminka (not sure which roads becasue I haven't looked yet, then you can go down the
Bore track or Stzelecki to Mt Hopless then.
I haven't looked at your available time so this doesn't take that into account, but...
From Mt Hopless you can go south to Arkaroola. Arkaroola is definitely a great place, then from Arkaroola you can go to
Copley, Leigh Ck (take a break here) -
Lyndhurst, Maree up the
Oodnadatta track to
Marla, from
Marla to Alice on the Stuart (visit Uluru if you want), take a day at Alice, go from Alice to
Boulia then down to
Bedourie Betoota and on to Ruthsville ahhem
Birdsville.
Dave O
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