Birdsville to Perth

Yes I meant Pt Augusta not Adelaide. An easy run after the Madigan.

Deanna,

How long do you think it would take if we were serious and didn't muck around to get from Birdsville down to Pt Augusta.


Broe

Broe
These times are for Non stop driving

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Hi Broe, one night out on the B/track if you have been along there before, however if not there is quite a bit to see between Birdsville and Pt Augusta, we spent two nights out there. A fantastic camp site is Claytons Bore, highly recommend that place for your camp.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers

Deanna

Willem,

Thanks for that. With all the fruit, I only said that as if you don't, it appears that most people on this forum then proceed to tell you that you can and can't do this or that, you should do it this way, you can't go everywhere etc etc and all I really want is the best way from Birdsville to Perth and the quickest without everyone telling me how to do my four wheel driving. Not having a go at you but I just left a club for that reason

I assume from the driving and directions that one day is actually 24 hours. It seems different to what other members have put here notably heading down the Birdsville track to Port Augusta. Is it normally pretty accurate?

Thanks for the help.


Broe

Broe

The first bit was a tad TIC (Tongue in cheek). Yeah, agree with you, clubs are a PITA sometimes. I gave them away in the 1980's!

Birdsville to Port Augusta is around 900km and doable in a day although it may be a long day. It is good gravel road from Birdsville to Lyndhurst and you can sit on 80 to 100kmh in places. But you have to take care with tyre pressures as you can destroy a tyre along this route. From Lyndhurst it is a good wide bitumen road to Port Augusta and 110kmh speed limit. Watch out for skippys in late afternoon and after dark.

Port Augusta to Perth is 2379km according to my road atlas and it is doable in two days especially if you have a spare driver in your vehicle.

My comment on the Driving Directions is that it does not take into account the condition of the road and estimates your speed at 100kmh all the way(or something like that)! :-)

Cheers

Cheers Willem,

Sounds good. There will be two of us only as I rip the back seats out of the hilux for the fridge etc. We don't want to be rushing the Madigan line which therefore means that we have to haul arse back to Perth. Of course this doesn't take into account major incidences which is then gloves off.

Sounds like we could do it in 3 big days.

Nothing like a holiday.


Broe

Broe

Looking at the post two above this re Eyre Creek you may have a problem getting from Dalhousie to Birdsville.

Bob

Bob,

Interesting reading. We are going in July so hopefully we will be all good by then.


Broe