Cook to Anne Beadell Hwy

What permit is required for the Cook/ Vokes Hill Cnr road??
Cheers

Permit from Maralinga Tjarutja Lands at Ceduna. Phone or fax them - the permits are free and they are very efficient in supplying a standard permit. I fax them the application and they fax back the permit.
M-T Lands Link Here

AFAIK You still need the National Parks camping permit for camping in Mumangari (formerly Unnamed) Conservation park. Used to be $6.50 per vehicle per night.
Contact is the Department For Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs PO Box 569 CEDUNA SA 5690 telephone (08) 8625 3144 fax (08) 8625 3123.

Gday Mick,
Nothing there about the Cook - Voakes Hill Rd.
??

cheers
Phil

Phil
Mick came down the Connie Sue to Rawlinna, along the trans rd to haig and then down to the Eyre Highway.
We've just done the same but we came onto the Connie Sue from Plumridge Lakes.
The CS is ok to where it goes back onto its original route and condition to Rawlinna, very rough, slow going 25 kph dodging limestone outcrops most of the way. The trans rd east to Haig is beaut, the "road" from Haig to the Eyre hwy is "better" (Micks words which we agree with ;-))) but is still slow going for most of it.
The track discussed above seems to be much better going by your post above.
We travelled from the Eyre hwy up to the old road and it was pretty good so if it stayed like that further north it would be good travelling.
Peter

Hi Peter,
How was the Plumridge Lakes Track to the Connie Sue. We are heading up that track in just over a weeks time. I have been told that is has reasonable cover over the track.

Cheers

Stephen

Yep you're right Phil, read the post far to quickly and didn't register "Cook". My apologies all.

Cheers Mick

Mick,
I'm disappointed......I was looking forward to you saying you posted the wrong link :-)) I haven't heard from anyone who's done that track this year, and was curious to know whether the mining activity is still as active as last year.

Cheers
Phil

Stephen
The track from Plumridge Lakes to the Connie Sue is ok, pretty smooth (no corrugations) but is very slow travelling, plenty of thick scrub to push through as the wattles are growing right on the wheeltracks in spots. It winds around a bit and as far as I could tell has never been a graded track but just follows the wheeltracks of the first vehicle through. Quite an interesting drive though with the country varying from the aforementioned scrub to open bluebush plains.
The track itself is pretty smooth as you can't get to any speed to make it corrugate.
From Plumridge down to Queen Victoria Spring on the Cable Haul rd and the PNC baseline rd was pretty easy run, the Cable Haul was good, the PNC very soft and sandy in spots but a pretty good run.
From the PNC down to Argus corner was also easy running and the run down to
Striech Mound wasn't too bad but from just west of the Striech mound t/o into QVS itself is slow and windy and in spots closed in with scrub and low trees.
The QVS has a few inches of water at the moment but is drying up fast.
From QVS south to Cundelee is very tight especially in a Humvee, at times the scrub nearly touched in the centre of the track! Don't go on any of the above roads/tracks if you don't like scrub pinstriping the vehicle.
From Cundelee south to the trans road is a 2wd highway infrequently travelled from what we could see.
As I said earlier the bottom section of the Connie Sue to Rawlinna is a shocker very slow and extremely rough going over the limestone.
This whole area has had showers recently over the last few weeks so it should be good in a few more weeks flower wise.
Peter

Hi Peter
Thanks for that. From Plumridge Lakes, we are then heading further north of Lake Rason. Don't worry, we have the blind for the front of the vehicle all ready and waiting to put it to use.

Cheers

Stephen