Condamine Gorge - Dirty Weekends
Submitted: Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:25
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Coolman
All,
On Good Friday heading to Stanthope/
Ballandean for the
Easter Weekend. Planning on following parts of the
Condamine Gorge Track in Dirty Weekends to make the trip a bit more interesting.
Has anyone done this recently - What are the track conditions like, incl water levels which I imagine are low? We all have capable but std 4WD's I will have a Pajero and Off Road CT (done the cape so not too worried). Lowest spec car is a Forrester - will it be ok?
Appreciate any advice. I will provide an update when we get back.
Reply By: Mark Taylor - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 13:35
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 13:35
I have done
Condamine Gorge several times. Just fell in love with the place and did it 4 Saturdays in a row out of
Brisbane. I took along a Hyundai Tucson, the water levels are really low. A Forrester should have no problems if taken slowly. A couple of the crossings have big rocks in them.. with the Hyundai I just let the auto idle through the rocky ones in case I hit a
rock. (less speed = less damage I hope) but had no problems at all. It is a beaut drive but very dusty... so much so that when we had rels up from
melbourne we didn't bother to stop and boil the billy. Too much dust from passing cars.
You'll love it. If you go to the cafe up on top of the range, you can buy a book for $5 that tells you the history of the road and where the various houese, schools used to be.
have fun... cheers
Mark T
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