Rawlinna to Cocklebiddy

In July of this year we completed the Connie Sue Hwy then traveled from Rawlinna to Cocklebiddy via the rail line to the dog fence, south along the east side of the dog fence & then intersected the Rawlinna Cocklebiddy road. With Oziexplorer & the hema / nat maps it was not a problem.
There are numerous station tracks & this is basically what this road is. It improves as Arubiddy is approached, The going is slow with some rough limestone sections.
The track file on the ExplorOz site will help.Image Could Not Be Found
The full trip pictures are at Great Victoria Desert Photos

Cheers, Tony

Gidgee we did the trip some time ago & as mentioned it's pretty much station tracks & not a gazetted road as such. It's certainly not maintained at all being fairy rocky with the occational washout. We sourced permission before getting on & they were quite happy, in fact suggested a shortcut through the numerous options near the homested, but stay clear if there has been heavy local rain as they like most locals wouldn't appreciate the mess left by someone just passing through when wet. After looking at the Hema map we were expecting a decent signposted road but the detail of the turnoff was fairly vauge & is a little confusing. (Not sure how accurate current GPS mapping is of the area)
On a side note camping in the Rawlinna town area is prohibited with no visitor facilities to speak of when we went through.

We have done it several times, but I must confess I was following two other vehicles so did not get lost. If I remember, the hardest part was finding the correct track out of Rawlinna. We did get permission from I think two of the stations.

The temperature was the hottest I have ever encounterd - we literally could not even stop to eat outside the car. Got our food out of the camper and ate inside the vehicle it was about 46 deg C.

When we got closer to Arubiddy we spoke to them on the UHF. They were mustering and asked us to keep clear of stock. They were quite friendly.