Walkers crossing track

Submitted: Saturday, Jan 13, 2007 at 22:43

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Member - John T (QLD)

I am heading out to the Walkers crossing & across to Birdsville & up to the Diamintina Lakes National Park in the next 2 days. What are the roads like & have they had any rain.

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Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 00:12

Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 00:12

No rain since mid December

Big wide gravel roads...some gibber between Walkers and the BVT.

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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 00:19

Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 00:19

According to the Current desert Parks Bulletin the Walkers Crossing track is closed.
http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/publish/groups/public/@parks/@desertparks/documents/all/parks_pdfs_des_parks_bulletin.pdf
You'll need to cut and paste the link above. Theres a phone number there if you want to confirm.

Sounds like you might be going via Cordillo Downs. There's not much shelter or shade out there and it gets bloody hot in the Stony Country. Temperatures predicted for Monday and Tuesday are very HOT. Be prepared.

Birdsville received 1.8mm of rain on 6/7 Jan.
Birdsville weather

Moomba received only 0.2mm this month

Moomba weather

Cheers
Phil

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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 08:24

Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 08:24

Are you an experienced bush traveller, and do you have to go this week?
Im with Phil, be very prepared, make sure someone knows where you are going and when to expect you, you only need breakdown you cant fix and things go very pear shaped very quickly out there this time of year.
Take it easy and have a good trip.

Cheers Pesty

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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:12

Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:12

Pesty,
On his profile, John is a tour operator:
Wannago 4wd Tours

I was a little surprised at his question, but maybe he wanted firsthand experience from anyone who has been out there recently.

Cheers
Phil

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Reply By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 06:57

Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 at 06:57

Go for it, but your best bet is if you are going via Innaminka, drop into the general store, and ask them the road conditions ect ,,they are gr8 people there

if you have a Garmin GPS,, ( mine is an eTrek Legend ), I have the route ( did it last year ) , saved on my computer, I can email it to you, but you may also need Mapsource..

its a fairly basic track, but if you need peace of mind, then just yell out

Cheers Mate
Bucky

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