QAA line to Poeppel Corner

Submitted: Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 22:52

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Member - Mark R (QLD)

Can anyone tell me what the QAA line from Birdsville to Poeppel Corner is like. Would it be an area to take an ofroad trailer along.
This trailer has been along a lot of very hard tracks but not sure about this track. Thanks Mark R

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Reply By: Member - Serg (VIC) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:03

Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:03

From Birdswille to Big Red it is good unsealed road. From Big Red to Poeppel corner sand dunes. Soft sand on top and firm stuff in between, but may be lots of ruts. Some people carry trailers, but it became very slow exercise. In my personal opinion does not worth effort, but YMMV.

Cheers
Serg

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Follow Up By: Member - Mark R (QLD) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:14

Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:14

Thanks Serg, You need to explain to this old fart what the hell is YMMV thanks Mark R

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Follow Up By: Member - Serg (VIC) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:20

Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:20

YMMV = Your mileage may vary. In contents it means that you may value convenience of having trailer at camping so much that you do not really care how long it takes you to bring damn thing there.

Cheers
Serg

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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:32

Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:32

Mark, I understand that next year Desert Park Passes will bar trailers on the Simpson next year. I was did that area back in July and the dues were cut up by people from the school holiday perdiod a week or so before who didn't drop their tyre pressures. It should be a requirement.

Despite Serg's comment above, the lower you go with tyre pressures the easier you will go in the sand, trailer and all! I had quite a heavy trailer when I went and low tyre pressures ;-)) I only had trouble twice and it was just a small tug each time.

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Follow Up By: Member - Mark R (QLD) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:55

Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:55

Thanks John,
We are heading for that area in 3 weeks & was thinking of leaving the trailers in Birdsville & then camping out along the track.
We are going to check it out in Birdsville if we do take the trailers & do a return trip south from Poeppel Corner to the Birdsville Track along the K1 line.

thanks,
Mark R

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:02

Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:02

Mark, we did just the reverse, but prepared to drive out if we had much trouble.

We went in up the Warburton Crossing Track, the K1 line, Poeppel Corner then out QAA to Birdsville with the rig as pictured in the Rigpic. There is a photo atop Big Red in my album. I had to be towed the last two metres of the vertical.

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Follow Up By: Member - Mark R (QLD) - Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:28

Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:28

Thanks John,

How heavy is you trailor & how long did you take to do the round trip.

thanks,
Mark R

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:33

Thursday, Sep 04, 2008 at 19:33

Mark, there are a few distances to cope with and we did it pretty easy with camps struck well before dark to cook with a minor exception. Camped at Warburton River, 19km South of Poeppel, then west of Eyre Creek, then Birdsville after some play around Big Red.

The other answer for your Q was 2T approximately. All up over 5T

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Reply By: psproule - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:37

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:37

Lots of blow holes on the QAA line a few months back but otherwise ok. It was fairly quiet and hadnt been chopped up like the French Line had.

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Reply By: Member - Russnic [NZ] - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:02

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:02

Hi Mark
I went from Birdsville to Poeppel Corner on 18th July, after talking to a ranger at Innamincka who told me up to 165 vehicles were using the QAA line daily.going west the dunes were not too bad but seemed to have large corrugations on the west side of the dunes, but it only takes a bit of wind to change that. I came down the K1 line no problems there I would think with a trailer, it runs mainly between dunes and along lakes.
Cheers
Russ

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Reply By: Robin Miller - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:58

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:58

Was fairly easy at start of july for us towing a bike trailer with no bikes weighing around 500kg.

Actually , the most fun was before Big red as the lake across the road was still some 200m wide but no more than 1/2 meter deep so everything got a good wash and several vehicles who didn't drive straight down the middle required some assitance.

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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:33

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:33

It's down to about a foot deep now...

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Reply By: Member -Signman - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:52

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:52

All OK 2 weeks ago....There was quite a few C/Ts out and about (must have been a special on KKs !!!)

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Reply By: Member - Scrubcat (VIC) - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 19:43

Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 19:43

G`day Mark,
I went across from Birdsville to Mount Dare and back on to the Warburton Track last month.
Have a read of " Simpson Desert Double Crossing Trip Report" in the Blogs you might get a bit of info from that.
Go for it.
Scrubby.

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