Laura to Maytown Via Old Coach Road - Blog

Bruce. I am sure you will. There are some great drives up this way and you will have fun doing them. They say you have to make time when you are young :-). Cheers Tony

Great Blog Tony, good pictures as well.
I love going there, 6 times now, usually camp at the Hospital Site. Last time I was there in November I did not see or hear anyone for 4 days., it was wonderful.

Damien, Yes & its a great trip. Not as hard as I thought it would be, but still a suspension workout thats for sure. Some bad washouts need a gentile touch, turned out that there is not many places you can go wrong. At this time there is enough posted directional signs pointing in the right direction. I have to do it again and this time would like to do some walks. I have some friends that know of some good spots off the track a bit. Just have to hope that sometime soon they sort out the Problems with the Palmerville Station Owner. Would be good to be able to side trip in that direction. 10 Weeks will take you around Australia on a good trip. :-) Cheers Tony

Damien. Have you tried the Camp at the North Palmer Branch? I did not go down to look at that. I think there would be a lot of looking around that would be fun to do. Shame you can not take a detector with you, that would be fun. Have you come in on the Old Coach Road Yet? Cheers Tony

No Tont I have not done that trip, thats why I wanted to go with you. There are a lot of good camling spots in Maytown area, but later in the year water is a problem. Not so much as water but the lack of it, very dry and hot after September.

Not a trip I would enjoy in the hot months either! A goat track it is :-). Cheers Tony

Boy that is one wrong turn thats for sure. You must have been very worried if you would ever get out of there. It would not be easy for a standard 4 x 4. Best with high clearance and diff locks to minimize the wheel spin. You can pat yourself on the back for getting through. :-) A group in front of me was having a hard time. I saw belly scrapes all over the place and a lot of wheel spin patches. A Good picture of this is the one when I have the car in the washout. You can see where they had to get out and load the sticks on the bottom side to get traction on the wheels up on the top of the washout. Cheers Tony

Hi Tony,

Yes we pulled into the Roadhouse at Laura and were informed that there were 3 ways in and to take a particular one to avoid the track - which they said was in poor repair because no maintenance is done in respect of its historical significance.Well like so many things I picked the wrong track and the family has not yet forgiven me hahahaha.

The old GQ was loaded to the brim and we remember the big run down the hill hoping it wasn't the only way out.

I think the boys at Laura are still laughing.

Kind regards

That was all my pleasure & the wife I must say. It is worth doing at least once. Most will not want to do it again. Some good history on this track. Cheers Tony

Draff & Better Half :-). Take your time and have a look at a few things. You will need a few days to do that. Best this time of year while the water is still flowing and it cools down at night. The track will change after each wet and offer a different challenge. It depends how many have gone before and got out to make the track more drivable! We will do it again next year so get in contact if you want to share the drive at a slower pace (Have a few points of interest to do some follow up on). Cheers Tony