The Rock Holes

Submitted: Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 20:21
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Has anyone done the trip from Pinnaroo to the Rock Holes, nth to The Crater and west onto the Loxton Road lately? If so, what was it like? IS the track nth along the border like the sth Border Track? Thinking about maybe going in Late Feb / March 08 for the weekend. Are there any good camping spots? I know, lots of questions - no, I'm not a cop!!

Thanks

Louie (the fly)
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Reply By: Robin Miller - Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 20:38

Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 20:38
Hi Louie
From few months ago the bottom section of the border track running North from pinnaroo road is not hard at all however it was full of short twisty bumpy sections that reminded me of sand moguls on the way to Madigan line camp 14 last year. Very slow rough and not interesting.
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Reply By: Garbutt - Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 21:12

Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 21:12
Louie, its sandy around there but aren't as high as south of Pinnaroo. Reasonable camp at the Shearers Hut with tank water usually available. I don't mind the drive at all, wouldn't call it uninteresting, but yes it is mogul-ish as Robin says. Will probably be hot and sand pretty soft at that time of year.

GB
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 22:13

Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 22:13
If its the rockholes along the border track, save your time.. We were there few weeks ago, and it was such a letdown apart from fact it was bleep with rain. (as long as the rockholes were what you could see from the road but we walked in, spend about 1 second there, and went back to car... waited 10mins for other cars to catch up..

We came from shearers 1/4s down the border track, did the whole lap down, track was great, some sections were 100+k's. others were bumpy as hell and 2nd gear crawling.
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Reply By: Voxson - Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 23:48

Monday, Dec 03, 2007 at 23:48
Yeah, same here.
We went from Pinnarooster to Customs House via Rock Holes...
The rockholes were a couple of stagnent mozzieblown puddles of water,,,, one was 1 metre deep and the other was shallower...
Track was simple all the way along,, well,, there was one area where the track sorta disappeared for a minute or two then it came back again....

Camp spot we had was good because it was straight into the scrub and there was heaps of wood.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 at 23:52

Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 at 23:52
Heres the Crater! LMAO!


few dodgey pics from the trip.
http://gupatrol.com/pics/Murray1/
http://gupatrol.com/pics/Murray2/
http://gupatrol.com/pics/Murray3/
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Reply By: Louie the fly - Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007 at 15:15

Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007 at 15:15
Thanks all. Maybe a better trip for after Easter. But we off to do Googs Track in April anyway. Wait & see I suppose.
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