Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 at 21:31
Hello Greg and Sonja,
Assuming you are going north in a rugged vehicle and perhaps towing a trailer or caravan? Then consider a diversion from
Broken Hill to Mutawingee NP. It's north east of BH in the Bynango Range.
Great camping can be had in the NP
campground;
camp has plenty of defined sites - you can back in a trailer or caravan alongside a table and fireplace - fresh water from taps, good
toilets and hot & cold showers. You may have to book if your visit coincides with a school holiday or a long weekend.
Collect your wood before you get to the NP.
Plenty of wildlife/birdlife to be seen; and goats.
Interesting walks of varying difficulty.
If there on a Wednesday or Saturday, for a fee you can take part in the guided tour of the indigenous
rock and
cave art. Suggest you make enquiries about the tour at the
information centre whilst in
Broken Hill as it is not always held as publicised. Tri State 4X4 which operates out of BH is also another contact for information about the tour. The company has a contract to run the tour. When the wife and I were there last August, the TriState tour arrived unexpectedly and we tagged along for a fee.
The road to Mutawingee NP is good gravel once you leave the Silver City Highway. The road north from the NP is
well formed gravel. It veers left to rejoin the SC Hwy a good spit south of
Milparinka or right to visit
White Cliffs.
To get from
Tibooburra to Innaminka consider travelling The
Bore Track from Bollards Lagoon HS. I suggest you contact the HS for advice on access to the track. A fee is payable at the HS. The
Bore Track is
well signposted and
well worth doing if you like getting off the main roads. Some corrugations, but nothing extraordinary. You get to see plenty of gas/oil
infrastructure along the way.
To travel from Innaminka to
Birdsville, consider taking
Walkers Crossing Track, if it's passable. Suggest you contact the
ranger at Innaminka to find out if the track is passable. You can town an offroad camper or caravan over it with care, a one-day trip to
Birdsville.
Whilst in Innaminka take a gander at the Thermal Rocks Project which will eventually provide the town with electricity. Warning: When you choose a camping spot on the Innaminka Common, take care not to
camp near folk who must run a generator throughout the night and in contravention of the NP
campground rules.
Enjoy the trip. Take a fly veil with you.
Cheers,
Netnut
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