Holland Track

Just been there , dun that , 2 weeks ago . We had 5 vehicles , 1 with an offroad trailer . We even picked up a Hertz rent a reck 4x4 camper van at the start of the track , witch made us 6 vehicles . He was higher than the rest of us , and had to pick his way where there was low branchs , but he made it through with miner damige . So , bottem line is , dont lode to high , take your time and enjoy it and stay on the main track , ( some of the diversions are boggie ). We liked it so much that we came back vie the CaveHill , Woodlines track , and intend to do it all again in reverse in the future .

Nomad 192, A group of 3 did it last easter 2 towing convetional camper trailers not off Road , we had no problems at all.
The main thing to watch out for is sharp tree stumps in the wheel tracks & just on the edge.
Take it easy & it will be a breeze, those who rushed witch we found 1
had more punctures than spares & no repair kit. What stumps he said!!

Hi Nomad,

Just got back on Monday from doing the Holland Track and Cave Hill woodlines. Our rig is a GU Patrol and Camprite offroad camper (see pic below). We picked up the HT from Broomehill all the way to Coolgardie, then returned to Hyden via the CH woodlines. Had an absolute ball with some of the best bush camping we've seen.

Unless it has been raining heavily, you will have no trouble towing a good off-road camper. Clearance is the main issue and apart from a couple of boggy sections, we didn't use 4WD at all. The track is narrow for most of its length so expect the duco to suffer some scratches. Our wheels and tyres are interchangable between car and trailer meaning we always have 2 spares. We got mixed advice about staking etc so took a third spare along for peace of mind. Happily, we didn't need any of them. Keep your speed down (we averaged about 20km/h) and watch out for protruding stumps etc.

We only saw a handful of other travellers along the way but 2/3 of them were towing off-road trailers without any problems. However, we did meet a family in Kalgoorlie who came off the track a couple of days after us. They were towing a garden variety trailer with light truck tyres. When we met them, the trailer was at an engineering place for repairs. Story was that because the track is narrow you need to pull your side mirrors in or lose them. Consequently, your rear view of the trailer is restricted. We made a point of pulling our mirrors out for regular checks but this bloke hadn't so he'd pulled his trailer along for miles before realising he had a staked tyre. Tyre, rim and trailer chassis were ruined and he was facing expensive repairs.

Highly recommend the latest edition of the Westate book as mentioned above. If you've got access to a GPS, load in the waypoints. It will make navigation so much easier.

Hope this helps.

:o) Melissa

PS: If you feel like it, drop into my WA campertrailer group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wa_campertrailers

Petrol 4.5L GU Patrol &
Camprite TL8 offroad camper