kiidson track / wapet road

Hi one way,
We did the Kidson Track last July east to west. It was the best road I have ever travelled.
We took it slowly to savour the trip. Only saw two other vehicles in the same party who were travelling west to east.
The road is easy, some wash out areas, soft sand and overgrown shrubbery. Easy to stake a tyre if you go off track. Didn't find much drinking water in the desert. Not much wildlife, Permits available free on line for abr. communities.
We travelled with three other families. had a great time.
Kev

OWT

Do an Archive Search. Any number of posts on these tracks. One I saw recently post 65254

An easy run with some sand and some washouts and some scratchy bits but nothing serious. Telfer Mine Rd/Punmu is an easy run a well. A way past Telfer heading west you strike the bitumen


Cheers

NextG reception is available in the hills north of Telfer Mine.
Telfer do NOT want to know about tourists using the Telfer Mine Road (from the Wapet Road intersection towards Marble Bar), despite the note to the contary on the HEMA maps.

The road as far as the Woodie Woodie intersection was still mostly unsealed as of last year, but likely to change.

As of July 2008, they were also planning to shift the security gate so that travellers going south to Rudall River NP did not need to go through security.

The 'phone number on the HEMA maps is also NBG, but you can get the security gate on UHF40 if required.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Was on it in July and there is a track report HERE and a bit of info includding some camping spots in my blog entries from the 21st July, 2008 onwards.

Cheers

Mick

Am I the only one that feels that the Kidson Track and the Wapet Road are often confused by those asking questions (and perhaps sometimes by those answering them :).
?

thanks to all

Len Beadell went Northwest to Callawa and linked the road with what is now known as the Kidson track.