Plenty Hwy
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 04, 2009 at 18:57
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Brett1
We will be doing a Central Australia trip with part being:
Alice Springs to
Boulia via Plenty Hwy, June 2009. However I wanted some
feedback from those of you that have travelled this route recently. Also would like to know travel time and average speed and if it is camper trailer friendly.
Cheers
Reply By: Member - Footloose - Sunday, Jan 04, 2009 at 19:07
Sunday, Jan 04, 2009 at 19:07
Make sure that you fuel up at
Jervois station. The Plenty is fine for ct's in the dry, stay away from that route in the heavy rains.
Travel time is usually two days at around 80km. Adjust tyre pressures , be aware that the Plenty has killed plenty of tyres.
Have a great trip.
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Sunday, Jan 04, 2009 at 19:35
Sunday, Jan 04, 2009 at 19:35
If you search the archives here you'll find pleanty more info on the
Plenty Highway.
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Reply By: Member - Kevin R (QLD) - Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:54
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:54
Hi Brett,
We did the trip in July/August in a Prado towing a trackabout CT.
The Plenty varied from OK to really bad around Jervois. We drove on the verges for about 100 klm as the road was so corrugated and cut up. The lady running Jerviois told us the
grader hadn't been through for a long while. Make sure you turn off the Plenty and go down
Cattlewater Pass to Ruby Gap. Its a great trip.
Have a great trip - we did
Cheers
Kev
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Reply By: Member - Tony B (QLD) - Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 17:31
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 17:31
Brett. Different view - We did it in early July and thought it to be a highway, hell of a lot better than I thought it would be. No trailer though. We drove from just out of
Boulia first thing in the morning to
camp in the West Macdonald Ranges that Late Arvo. Sat on 100k in Qld and in NT, 110K. Only had to slow down in a few spots, that had fallen apart a bit and do a bit of
rock dodging. There were some sections of corrugations but we sat on top of them. Towing may be a different story, the bumps may be more obvious. Hope you find it as good as we did. Cheers Tony
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Reply By: escapesilv - Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 19:57
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 19:57
Brett1
We did it in July '08, in a ford Escape and a camper trailer, from Mt. Isa to
Alice Springs in 2 days with overnight in Jervis.
Fantastic trip, much like a highway with corrugation, bring your tyres down and drive accordingly, remember you are on holidays not in a race.
have a good trip and enjoy.
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