Doing the "Block" on the black top

Goody,
Although I am a very keen outback 4w.d. traveller and have been around Aus. a few times it would be very interesting to see how much the average traveller does on bitumin or good gravel roads.Iwould have to guess that it is probably something like 80% or more, so what I am saying is that you will have an endless amount of places you can visit without risk to your vehicle or van so just go for it and enjoy.
Cheers and safe travel.

Gday
I did the around Aus trip in a 1950 Holden in 1965 and had no problems ,well ,minor ones only, so you should find it a lot easier now 41 years later. There will be signs and better roads to follow.

Don't worry too much about it, just go.
Have a great trip :)

Hi Goodys,

These are your Questions and my answers to them.

"Anyone else done the same thing?" PLENTY OF OTHERS DOING IT ALL THE TIME
"How'd you go?" GENERALLY SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
"Am I mad?" ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND DON"T DO IT
"Do I need medical help?" YES IF YOU DON"T GO AND ENJOY WHAT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY

Plenty of people worry about this and that, but before they actually do what they want to do, they are 6ft under and all their dreams are just that, DREAMS.
Get in to it, you'll never look back.

Cheers Trevor.

I remember a few years ago coming into Innaminka from the north in a convoy of Range Rovers and Discos from Birdsville, congratulating ourselves on our great feat, only to meet a Falcon EA towing a big van coming in from the south on the Stezlecki.
But if it rains you are stuffed. Of course a 4x4 will probably then get another kilometer or so.
Also same trip drove from Wilcannia to Bourke after 3 inches of rain. the road closed sign was not up, and we didn't know of the rain, and the servo owner didn't mention it. We met him in his 6 wheel Cruiser ute on the way.
Anyway the point is a Mazda 626 joined our convoy on a slipping and sliding trip where 2 cars in the convoy left the road, but the 626 got through just following in our tracks.
Took me 4 hours with a Gerni just to get 80% of the mud off.
Regards Philip A

Dear Goodys. So what if they call you a tar hugger because after you've been on the dirt for a while you call it the black gold!!!! Leave your van in the park and take the car on some of the supposed 4WD roads. Take it easy and you'll even get into the Bungles and spots in Kakadu like Yurmikmik and Gubara which are only less than 20k's of dirt. Also Umbrawarra Gorge SW of Pine Creek. But avoid outback roads after rain ( easier said than done). Check out the pix in Places of the Wilcannia to Menindee road for the mud mayhem. Also the other spots have pix too. Cheers, Warrie

As they are fond of saying on 'The Bill' ......

GO,GO, GO !