Warburton Crossing Info
Submitted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 21:14
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Barry 2
Hi All, I have done a search re Track /road conditions and found conflicting info. K1 line open to
Rig road,
Warburton Crossing closed ?
Then further down it states
Warburton Crossing is open ????
I contacted
Mungerannie Hotel today and was told the Crossing was open
Is there anyone who has done the
Warburton track the last couple of months ?
We head off on the 6th June for
Hay River Trip Nth/Sth and considering continuing down to
Warburton Crossing.
Appreciate any info
Safe Travels
Barry
Reply By: Muddie - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 22:09
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 22:09
Hi Barry, I am also interested, going a month later than you, last info I had was it was that
Warburton Crossing was at 1200mm and closed but searches on the net fail to give any current details.
regards David
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Follow Up By: Barry 2 - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 22:27
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 22:27
Muddie, As I mentioned I contacted the
Mungerannie Hotel today and they mentioned several people had been through recently with out any troubles. Hopefully that will be the case with us but I will get updates from VKS network as we proceed down the
Hay River track and get closer to the K1 line can't wait to get out there. Good luck with your trip. Thanks for your reply
Safe Travels
Barry
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Reply By: Member - Chris & Debbie (QLD) - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:56
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:56
Hi Barry 2
We went down
Warburton Crossing 4 weeks ago. Headed in from
Birdsville track to
Kuncherinna Junction up to
Poeppel Corner - Poeppel oil
well then back along K1 Line -
Warburton Crossing to
Birdsville track again. We were intending on going up the
Rig Road but there was a huge drift and drop-off on the first dune crossing.
We were also towing an offroad camper,
check my profile for a few pics.
Chris
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Follow Up By: Barry 2 - Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:08
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:08
Hi Chris & Debbie
Thanks for the info I take it you didn't have any problems
Nice photos can't wait to get out there
Barry
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Follow Up By: Member - Chris & Debbie (QLD) - Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:58
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:58
No problems at all Barry, thoughly enjoyed it. This trip was only a bit of an exploratory run, but will be back out again next year taking more time.
Have a great trip
Chris
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Reply By: Mark B - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:07
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:07
Hi Barry,
We (ourselves and another vehicle, no trailers) went from Mungerannie, across the
Warburton Crossing and around the
Rig Road to Mt. Dare recently. We were at the Warbuton crossing on 26/4 and it looked like we were the first across the
Rig Road for the season. The guys at Mt. Dare had not heard of others coming through that way at that time.
As Chris said, the first few dunes on the
Rig Road were very blown over with big steep drop off's on the west sides. We got very good at extracting each other from the soft sand ! Should be OK now - hopefully a few more vehicles have gone across - but good fun !
If you're just considering travelling down the K1 Line to the
Warburton crossing, you should have no problem.
Cheers, Mark.
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Follow Up By: Barry 2 - Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:13
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 22:13
Hi Mark, yes we are only considering the K1 to Warburtons crossing
Glad to here you had no problems hope we can say the same later always good to know from people who have actually done it.
Thanks for your reply
Barry
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