Punmu/Gary Junction/Sandy Blight Junction/Papunya/Any recent info
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 14:33
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Member - Willie , Epping .Syd.
Howdy ,
After finishing my gold
fossicking adventure in
Marble Bar , I am heading
home across the Central Australian Freeway while it's still toll free .
Can anybody give me a recent ( up to a year ago ) report on what the trip was like . I am surprised there is nothing in the Exploroz Trek Notes about this journey.
I am turning south 18 klm east of
Papunya to have a little adventure on the way south to Pt
Augusta . Does anybody have any ideas about what to do after leaving Haast's
Bluff ( have done the stuff in the W MacDonnells )
Thanks ,
Willie .
Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 17:18
Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 17:18
G'day Sir Willie
Road from near Telfer(bitumen) was OK last year all the way to the
Kunawarritji turn off. We couldnt get fuel at Punmu as they had all gone walkabout. Not a soul in sight...just 20
camp dogs.
Kunawarritji to
Gary Junction to Haasts
Bluff turn off is OK(2005) with corrugations in
places. You will need two permits to transit.
Haasts
Bluff,
Tylers Pass, Gosse
Bluff,
Hermannsburg,
Boggy Hole, Ernest Giles Road, Stuart Hwy,
Kulgera,
Lambert Centre,
Oodnadatta,
Lyndhurst, Camerons Corner and back to the big smoke heading east.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 18:45
Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 18:45
Willem ,
Thanks for the info . It seems few of our members have been along here .
How long did it take you to drive Punmu to
Papunya ? Where did you
camp ?
Thanks ,
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Willem - Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 19:04
Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 19:04
Willie
I didn't actually do the whole run to
Papunya. From Punmu last year we struck out on to the Kidson and went west. In 2005 we came from a
camp south of Ellery Creek Big Hole to
WA/NT border camp, then spent time at Jupiter
Well and then on from there to other
places.
You can do the run from the Telfer turnoff to Haasts
Bluff turnoff in 4 days.
1st
camp 17km this side of Kunawarritji/Kidson
Track intersection in sand quarry on left.
2nd
Camp can be Jupiter
Well
3rd
Camp can be quarry hole on left 10km this side of
WA/NT Border
Next
camp can be somewhere near
Tylers Pass and so on.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - vivien C (VIC) - Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 19:00
Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 19:00
Willie,
We travelled on the
Gary Junction Road in August last year. We left
Redbank Gorge which is just west of
Glen Helen and went via the Haasts
Bluff road to
Papunya then all the way across to the Telfer
Mine.
We camped the first night about thirty kms west of the
WA/Nt border in a flattened out area (old
gravel pit) about a km off the road. There was a small range marked on the map here as
Dover Hills. As we were travelling East to West the track to
our camp was on the left side and led up through a grove of Desert Oak.
The second night we camped about ten kms west of
Kunawarritji near a Repeater ... again on the left side of the road and surrounded by bushes so very sheltered from the road.
Third night we we camped beside Skull Springs Road near Eel
Pool turn off.
As Willem said the road was quite good with areas of corrugation, sand and rocky patches. The main thing to look out for are the wash outs..which can stretch almost across the road in
places. These are usually
well marked by a star picket with a red cloth.
We stopped for fuel at
Papunya and
Kunawarritji and called in at Kiwurrkurra to see Len Beadells burnt out ration truck. We had a really enjoyable trip.
Viv
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 21:50
Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 at 21:50
Thanks a lot Viv,
Willie
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