William Ck to Coober Pedy

The road is listed on this site under road conditions; see how recent the update is.

Kevin

You won't have any problems. The road crosses a bit of Gibba, but apart from that it's a good dirt road.

The kids drove part of it in a Falcon just recently and had no issues.

Regards

Kim

Hi Kevin
No recent trips but have done it about 5 times in the past. There will be no problems at all with your setup I say.

Yep, drove it in 1990..... not long ago. Was rough.
Nearly got cleaned up by a tour bus travelling the opposite direction.
When you go, would you please look out for my long handled post-hole shovel. I lost it somewhere along that road.

Do you know.... The hardwear shop in Coober Pedy had never heard of a posthole shovel. They can't dig post holes with a shovel around there.

I drove it is 2002 and it was like a super highway. Best dirt road I've EVER driven. Grader team was just finishing up..
Just shows how conditions can change.

Drove Coober Pedy to William Creek in September? last year. Road conditions were generally excellent. Well maintained with some road works going on. 2WD Commodore could have done it easily.

I drove it in a Corolla in Dec 1978.

...and look out out for the following trees

Fox fir

Pussy willow

I hope they are still there and displaying their unique foliage

Hi Kevin,

No detailed information on that road for you - But I asked a similar question here about 3-4 years ago about the same road.

Somebody here ( I'm pretty sure it was Willem) Suggested I take the extra time if I could.... keep going up to Oodnadatta and then go down through the painted desert on the way to Coober Pedy.

I have to say it was fantastic advice... we found some beautiful country we would never have even thought about. It really was a memorable part of that trip.

If you can spare the time I'd strongly recommend it ( it only added 1 day for us - though you could spend far more if you wanted to).

I'm sure you Suzuki should have no real dramas on any roads up there if driven to the conditions..

Cheers, Mark

Hi Kevin,we did the track from William Creek to Coober Pedy about a month ago. We towed a 17ft off road van with an 80series cruiser. It was a better track than the one from Marla to William Creek.Your set up should do it easily.Just beware of the washouts if it rains. We followed a minibus towing a rodeo for some of the way and he was only half an hour after us into town. Have fun,
Humie