Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 at 23:43
G'day Robyn
Permit for the
Tom Price rail line can be secured at the TP
visitors centre. You will need to look at a 20 min video on basic safety and thats it. No charge either. The road is excellent but has a lot of road train traffic. A drive to the top of Mt Nameless in TP is worthwhile while you are there.
The Talawana was very good three weeks ago with al ittle flood damage but under repair. The track to Rudall from the Talawana was very corrugated and difficult only because we could not maintain enough speed to skip the corrugations. Watch out for camels about halfway up the track.
The track north of Rudall was good. The track into Desert Queen was slow going with a few spots that we bottomed but worth the effort. There is a
cave high on a
hill to the left as you near DQB's with a track leading up to it. Worth the effort also but with care. Do not tow and be prepared to reverse back down away as it is dangerous to attempt a turn at the top.
We took a left a little further North and drove the track past Nifty
Mine rather than going to Telfer. A very good track except for the first few K's due to flooding but easy to find a way around. As you approach Nifty there is a
sign stating you may not continue. This is not correct as it is a gazeted road. You will drive toward Woody Woody and come out on Skull Springs Road. I would highly recommend a few days at Carrawine
Gorge.
We used 170 Lts of diesel from
Newman to
Marble bar in our Nissan 3lt turbo towing a cub camper with 50 Lt's to spare. We averaged 16.9Lt/100klms over the entire trip. Carrying extra fuel and water is a must in the Rudall.
Good luck and have a great trip.
Regards
Quentin
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