Wiluna to Newman

its a road north past the Wiluna Pub to the Ned's creek turn off on the great northern highway,normally in good condition some corrugations be careful on a couple of the creeks
bob

I agree with me old mate Bob, (Hi Bob, how's things). It's regularly graded and our "original residents" use it all the time to go from Wiluna to Newman in Ford Falcons with only 3 wheels!

Easy peasy stuff.

Bilbo

Hi Peter.
If it is the track that goes past Cunyu station & Neds Creek it is usually ok so long as it is not wet. I have been through a couple of times in a conventional 2wd wagon
but not for a few years. Just ring the Wiluna shire they should be able to tell you.This is there wet season to & they have had a lot of rain this season at Neds Creek & there is a lot of lake country around there.
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers Bungarra

When travelling between Paraburdoo and Adelaide I use to travel this road regularly. Travelling from Wiluna it is easy to follow, just don't go off on to one of the smaller side tracks. If you are coming from Newman the turn off looks no different from half a dozen others on that section of hwy, the sign never use to say Wiluna it was only the name of some station, I use to have it GPS marked. Travelliing from Wiluna the first half (approx 90km) usually isn't too bad, but you will cross over a cattle grid where the road becomes someone else's responsibility and unless you strike on one of the rare occasions where it has just been graded it is very rough at any speed. I use to let a relative know when I was leaving Wiluna and then ring them from the Kumarina Roadhouse about 3 hours later, as there is no mobile coverage until Newman once you leave Wiluna. Oh and I would be careful in Wiluna if you happen to be there on pension day. The reason we did it is yes it cuts an awful lot of kilometers off if you are heading to Kalgoorlie or east, and the road from Meekatharra to Wiluna is rough dirt also, so the Wiluna North Rd is your best option.

Cheer Snowy

Will be using it in a weeks time for another eastern sortie. Will post condition if you've not already been down it. Every other time we've used it it's been as good as any other gravel road out this way.

This may help with decision making, depending on what you are trying to achieve. The road between Leinster and Mount Magnet is now fully bitumised. It goes through Sandstone. At Sandstone the local Council operate a basic clean very cheap caravan park. The distance Leinster to Mt Magnet to Newman is not really very much more than Leinster to Wiluna to Newman, and IMHO it would be a heck of a lot quicker to go bitumen all-the-way, if time and a clean vehicle is a factor.

Thanks to all for the info. We wouldn't be travelling it until later in the year but it is certainly worth a look. We are used to rough roads so it will just mean slowing down and watching out.

Cheers
Peter