Old Andado Track- Mt Dare to Alice Springs

Hi
We did exactly what you intend doing in Early Feb this year. We left Mt Dare at about 8:30 & arrived Alice 4:00 .We stopped at Old Andado for about 2 Hrs. I did not think the road was that bad, however the managers wife at Andado thought it was a shocker. In a couple of places I agree. I drove to the conditions & had no problems, top speed was about 80 kph

Regards Jock

G'day ingo,

keep an eye on this and maybe contact them as you get closer.

the Mt Dare to Old Andado track is a beaut drive through tightish tracks then out into the swales and red dirt. Would be a shame to rush it all in one day. If poss, make it an overnighter I reckon. You may want to do this anyway as a contingency after coming out of the desert if anything needs attention.

Ingo57
What is the hurry. It might not look far on a map, but you will be pushing it hard to do it in 1 day. Don't risk the damage to you and your vehicle, take a minimum of 2 days. There is some unreal scenery on the way, as well as a good look at Old Andado. Just after you cross the SA/NT Border, you think that you will be in another world, with the vegitation and tree cover right over the track. It is a good track and well worth the drive, but not in 1 day.

Cheers

Stephen

Last Sep. I came across lots of camels between Old Andado and St Terasa. We had bush camped about an hour out of Old Andado and found the camels on the red dunes in the morning light made for some great photos. I like to call that type of road a 'sucker' road. You slowly let the speed creep up and all of a sudden you come across a spot where you are going to fast and a voice somewhere says 'got you sucker' !

Thanks everyone for your imput. Guess we will be taliking the two days.

Cheers

Have just got back from Mt Dare via the Old Andado track on the 12th April, returned to Alice.
An absolutely top trip with the scenery ever changing. Highly recommended it to anyone.
We thought we might do it one day but then reminded ourselves we where in holiday mode!Do it two.
At present a couple of areas to watch out for is around the Mayfield bore area where there is some bull dust patches but fairly easy to negotiate and also from the Mac Clark Reserve turn off all the way back to Santa Teresa.There are trucks servicing I think an oil exploration area near Mac Clark. These heavy vehicles have chopped the track up in various places making it heavy going through some dunes and has caused some lengthy bull dust areas. The moral to this track,as with all other tracks, is drive according to the conditions and enjoy.
We left Mt Dare at about 9.30am, drove to Old Andado and had lunch there. The caretakers Liz and John with Liz's mum a pom, an absolutely lovely couple, showed us around the homestead and told us a bit about the history of the place.
Cruised on after lunch, stopped and took some photos. It was at about 4.00pm when we both decided that there was no rush to be at home tonight so we found a track went down it for about a k, turned off that and went bush for about a 100m and that is we stayed for the night. Bloody perfect. Returned to Alice the next day.
Top trip.