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Submitted: Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:07
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Member - Phillip S (WA)
Plan to go to
Port Augusta and then onto
Birdsville and back to
Port Augusta ( in April/May 2008)....I will be hiring a caravan and I'm not allowed to take it off the blacktop, so whats the furtherest I can take it ( before I run out bitumen) and leave it in a "secure" caravan
park and travel on to
Birdsville then come back and pick it up. My itinery is
Port Augusta,
Quorn,
Hawker,
Rawnsley park,
Beltana RH,
Leigh Creek,
Marree then onto
birdsville, then back, for that leg of the journey........Help....cheers Phil
Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 05:42
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 05:42
Copely ?
Secure is a relative term :-))
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Reply By: Member - Barnesy (SA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:24
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:24
Marree is the end of the bitumen and have a caravan
park. Haven't stayed there though.
Copley park is
well used for travellers as a stop over before the strzlecki track. Good one from what i hear.
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Follow Up By: Robin Miller - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:00
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:00
Hi Barnsey
The bitumen ends north of
Copley but
well before
Marree. I agree that
Copley is the place to stop and even stay a couple of days, perhaps taking in
Leigh creek mine tours or something.
Copley is a very small place ,they usually have a never ending campfire down the back and its low key and rellaxed.
Robin Miller
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 16:20
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 16:20
The bitumen ends at
Lyndhurst, which is the start of the Strzlecki Track.
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Follow Up By: Member - Barnesy (SA) - Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:55
Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:55
Sorry I am wrong,
Lyndhurst is the end of the bitumen. I don't usually take much notice of where bitumen ends as i plan for dirt anyway.
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Reply By: Voxson - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:59
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:59
Whats wrong with you guys??
Call yourselves travellers?? LOL.....
Lyndhurst is the end of the bitumen. Sheesh.
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Follow Up By: AdlelaideGeorge - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:08
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:08
nah!... King William Street is the end of the REAL bitumen!
Happy Days
George
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Follow Up By: Old Mal - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:49
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:49
Nice one, George !
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:56
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:56
Voxson, you are of course right BUT.... secure ?
I guess as there is only about two or three people (alive and kicking) up there it might be ok :-))
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Reply By: Crackles - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:30
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:30
From memory Phil
Rawnsley park has a 4 km dirt driveway so officially you can't tow it in there either ;-)
If you did decide to
park it there then you would have the option to head north up through the picuresque Bunnyeroo Valley &
Brachina Gorge or
Blinman &
Parachilna Gorge on the way to
Beltana. (Time permitting)
Cheers Craig............
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Reply By: Member - Philip S (SA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:29
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:29
G'day Phillip S
As others have said,
Lyndhurst is as far as you can get on the bitumen then leave your van behind. Also, as Crackles points out, there's a short amount of dirt road into
Rawnsley Park. But to get from there to
Leigh Creek you would have to double right back to
Hawker to stay on the bitumen. The road straight west from
Rawnsley Park to the main road is a dirt road, maybe 30km (very pleasant drive though).
Suggest on your return from
Birdsville you travel via
Cordillo Downs, Innaminka and Streslecki track, then
Arkaroola in northern
Flinders Ranges to make a round trip of it.
That's a lot of dirt road - have you thought about hiring a CT which you could take right round?
Have a good trip
Philip S ( the one with one "L".) LOL
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (Qld) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:55
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:55
Leave it in the
Stirling North Caravan Pk
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (SA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 12:53
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 12:53
Hi Phillip
The End of the black top is at
Lyndhurst. There are many good parks to leave your van.
You will have a ball.
Cheers
Stephen
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Reply By: Member - Phillip S (WA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 14:59
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 14:59
Thankyou everbody for your input....all of this info has been recorded for training purposes and forwarded on with your names and addresses to ASIO...see you all in jail....lol....but seriously thanks again....regards Phil
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