cairns to perth

Ok cheers

There is a sealed deviation that turns off the Norseman Coolgardie road through Kambalda to Kalgoorlie, about 100K from memory.

Get out more
It DID flood on that road before Global warming /climate change ect round Barndee and the other little siding name eludes me both siding are gone now this was back early 60's .I drove to Merredin in a mini delux at 8pm went through the first patch of water OK but being young forgot to dry the brakes so when I hit the second patch and the brakes I was already 20 feet into it to embrassed to back out so went to 1st and kept going the mini made it and I got some strange looks on the other side but admit more good luck than managment.

Probably back in the days of the 'floodways' or 'spoon drains' as they were known, before they put culverts across the water courses New Boy.

Motherhen

sure it can flood anywhere but along that road as it is today the chances are so remote you wouldnt consider it

By the way floods have occured out on the Nullabor. Remember some years ago, big rains in the goldfields washed out the Transcontinental link between Perth and the rest of the world. Caused heap big damage too.

Ok, so March is definitly not a good time to cross Australia!!! lol

Even cyclonic rain closing roads in that area usually clears away in a day or two. Closure for fires is usually only a few hours to a day, and if longer than a few hours, there are alternative routes (may involve good dirt roads). March is a bit late in the year for cyclones.

Mh

Ok. thanks for that!
Is there enough petrol station or better to bring back up?

Certainly all sealed if you go via Port Augusta. The worst bit is Mt Isa to the border. The short cut is dirt but is supposedly suitable for 2WD - ie good dirt/gravel.

Probably need one to enter and leave the QLD & NT !!

Don't know, but I think not. Others might be able to advise.
This link Road condition gives the road condition

Yeah i'll check out the road condition...
Thanks for your help guys
I'll have to check for the permits!!!

Sorry Mh, have to disagree there.
Up here in the New England district of NSW, right on top of the Great Dividing range, 1100m.a.s.l., we can never have a flood. With the regular, annual cool weather burn off (it actually never gets tooo hot) bushfires are a non event also.
But I have lived with floods and fire (East Gippsland) and have compassion for what some people must endure.
furph

Hi furph - sounds like heaven. How did the region fare in the recent NSW droughts?

Mh

Some of ausralias biggest bushfires occur in southern WA - You dont hear much of them normally except like when the 3 truckies were killed. these fires often burn for months. the fire that burnt out the holland track was not fought until it had burnt all the way almost to the start of the weatbelt.

we had a fire burning south of work (north of norseman) for a month and a half

Very true get outmore. So far this year we have had two big fires right here where i live. In January, the greater part of half our Shire was burnt out, with seven dwelling lost, but fortunately no fatalities. Last weekend, another was in the majority in forests, and again no fatalities. We were blanketted in thick smoke, and could smell bush burning, but with the smoke blanket reducing visibility and changing wind directions, there was no way to ascertain from observation which way the threat lay. We have had at least two other fires which have caused concern in this period. Compared to Victoria this year, we are indeed the lucky state. Even fires in NSW and SA have probably been more damaging. In remote areas, scrub fires often do burn for months.

No comments on reasons for this from theorists please, this thread is to answer marie&xavi's question.

Mh

canr remember exactly but pretty sure VIC has the highest percentage of the states population NOT living in the capitol

may have a small influence as to why so much property and more importantly lives are at risk during fires in that state