Strzelecki Track Feedback

Hi Anna
Even though the Strezelecki Track is usually in good condition, you may be expecting a little to much from a road van. You would probably do a lot of stone damage to the van. If the track is wet, you could be stranded for a few days or so until the track dries out. There is a very good road to Lyndhurst and they are doing the road up from there until Marree.

These are my thoughts.

Have a think about it.

Cheers

Stephen

The Strzelecki track is almost always in excellent condition barrring after heavy local rain. It's graded & maintained regulary for Moomba gas. Where you may have a problem with a road van is all other roads leading to Innamincka via Tiboorburra etc are often heavily potholed & corrugated. Then again if you're heading to the Lake Eyre puddle you will come accross some of those rough conditions anyway on the Oodnadatta track.
Cheers Craig...........

Much of the Strz is great (weather and grading permitting etc) but the bottom end can be ultra stony - a road van would suffer stone damage I'm sure ......and your tyres would want to be very robust if choosing that route.
A few pics on my site (road surfaces section) at..........
http://users.picknowl.com.au/~darian/

Hi AnC,
Travelled back from Halligans Bay at Lake Eyre a week ago.
Thargomingah to Innaminka is being resurfaced in places and is quite stony as you cross the gibber plains east of Innaminka.Strzelecki Track is a bit of a highway with a few deep bulldust holes marked mostly with red flags.It gets quite stony as you get nearer to Lyndhurst but is quite passable for a road van provided you take it easy through the numerous dips and provided that you have good strong tyres such as Light Truck construction on your van. Lyndhurst to Marree is good and being furthur sealed . Make sure you stop at Farina. It is the best camp site you will find before reaching Lake Eyre. After Marree the Onandatta track is very good to William Creek but take it easy in the dips. Along the Track a good camp spot for caravans is Coward Springs, It even has a natural spa. Be sure to visit the mound springs nearby , Blanche Cap and the Bubbler are amazing. The road into Halligans Bay to paddle into the waters of Lake Eyre is very cut up and badly corrugated and I would recommend that you leave your van at William Creek and travel down the 60k to Halligans Bay without it.Many people do this and there are many vans at William Creek. It took us 90 minutes to travel into Halligans Bay in a 80 Cruiser with a camper trailer and it is the worst road of the trip.
Have a good trip
Guy