volkes hill to cook road

This is (still) an approved route through to the Mamungari conservation park according to the permit information that I received on Friday. You will need a permit from Maralinga Tjanutja inc (free) & a camping/ transit permit for the Mamungari conservation park ($5.00 per vehicle per night)
DEH Ceduna on 08 86253144
Maralinga Tjanutja 08 86252946
If you intend to head East, depending on "how far", then permits for the Woomera Prohibited area (free) Fax 08 86743308, phone 08 86743211 and camping / transit permits for the Tallaringa Conservation park ($5.00 per night / $7.50) Phone 1800816078

Cheers, Tony

All MT roads are apparently in pretty bad nick at present.

I'll let you know in a few weeks...

Cheers
Andrew off to the desert in the wee hours tomorra.

Its a great way into the Great Vic Desert. The road is open - just need the permits as pointed out above. I've done that road 5 times in the past 7 years. Usually takes me less than a week to have the permits - just phone up, they'll fax or post the forms to you, fax them back and all will be sweet.

A lot of the interesting stuff is listed on the Hema map. The rockholes, aboriginal wells, and the beautiful black oak trees are very nice. You cross more dunes at the top end which is fine, but the track is getting a bit overgrown.