Just got back from a west to east crossing and thought I would post some road updates for anyone who is looking to cross the Simpson in the near future.
Coober Pedy to
Oodnadatta - Good graded road.
Oodnadatta to
Hamilton St - Good condition
Hamilton St to Pedirka - Rough and rocky as usual. Once in the NP the road improves right up to Dalhousie.
WAA Line, Colson Tk, AAK, QAA - Great driving. Up to 1m lips on some dunes but no troubles.
Eyre Ck - 200m and 6 km bypass south. You don't have to do the north 60km bypass. Very green vegetation around Eyre Ck.
Birdsville to
Cordillo Downs - Excellent graded road for most of it.
Cordillo Downs to
Innamincka - Corrogated, a bit rough and soft in some
places makes going a bit slow.
Innamincka to Cameron Crn via Moomba and Bollards Lagoon is good road. A couple of crests have chopped up sections just over the top but are
well marked with flags in the middle of the road. One has a 44 gallon drum as a warning. Very easy to spot.
Cameron Crn to Tiboburra - Wet in
places. The
grader is working in 2
places so is very good and other
places is rough.
Tiboburra to
White Cliffs from
White Cliffs turn off - Rough and reasonably slow. We had rain and there is alot of sudden holes accross the road and soft sections on the sides. Generally a slow road.
Walkers crossing is still shut with a metre of water over it and expected to be shut for another month.
Eyre Creek will still be shut for another month approx.
Dingo's are around Dalhousie and keep you amused during the night from VERY close. Watch the kids. A few mozzies at night but nothing the Bushmans didn't keep at bay.
We had temps in the Desert around 34 degrees in the day and down to about 11 at night. No bugs at night but the fly's are still pretty friendly during the day.
We all went up big red a couple of times with tyres at 11 PSI.
Had a great trip and I think the next one will be a double crossing.
Hope this helps anyone who may be interested.
120scruiser