Donahue/Plenty hwy
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 06:00
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Mintabie
We are heading out to our property in
mintabie SA next wk. has anyone travelled the donahue/plenty hwy this week, we will be towing our off road caravan, probably leaving sun/monday
stan
Reply By: Member - Wim (Qld) - Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 07:06
Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 07:06
Mintabie.
A friend recently (last two weeks) traveled the Plenty in both direction towing a horse float.
His comment, "don't know what the fuse was about, its just a dirt road".
We have traveled it a number of times. The only time it becomes a problem is in the wet. Then its a not go.
Have a good trip.
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Follow Up By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 08:06
Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 08:06
Or the cattle trucks have bee running for a while, and the bulldust holes around the Georgenia river form. Can be deep, up to the bottom of the bullbar. Hit one a bit fast a few years ago (maybe 30km/hr) and the kids loved the bull dust running down the windows like rivulets of
water. Don't know what it did to the air cleaner. That fine
grey clay would be a challenge after rain.
Sounds like ti is OK this year.
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Reply By: Mintabie - Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 17:52
Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 17:52
Thanks for your replies, i'll just keep an eye on the weather but it"s good to get feedback, previously travelled around the bitumen through 3ways and down, but after going across the gulf and
Gibb river last year, it's probably time for a bit more dust and excitement.
thanks again we will keep an eye on the
forum until we leave
stan
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Reply By: balko - Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:29
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:29
Went across last week towing a offroad supreme van no probs at all. there was a patrol with a broken cam near
Tobermorey station that used our sat phone for a pick up it cost him $2500 to be picked up and there was a with its front right wheel and axle sitting beside the car waiting to be picked up near arther
creek. Cars are about every 45min so theres no worriers theres 30ks between arther ck and
Jervois station that is corrugated and sandy but the rest was fine.
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Follow Up By: Mintabie - Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008 at 17:54
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008 at 17:54
Thanks balko
We are probably leaving Sun (we are in the
Ipswich area) so hopefully we will be off the main bitumen and
well into it by mon/tues. Hope to call in at Harts range have a bit of dig. then stock up at Alice & head south.
Mintabie is an opal field 30ks west of
Marla & we will be there for a few months and it will be getting into storm season so the return will most probably be on bitumen.
thanks for your report
stan
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