Birdsville Track, Anne Beadell, Connie Sue, old Gunbarrel and Hunt Oil Road

Need a few ice cold ones for that trip, gunna be bloody hot.
Have fun.

mate, am working at a nickel mine just to the south of Turkey Creek...has been in the mid 40's for the last 3 months...can be as hot as it want's at least im not working..im sure a few ice cold Cascade Lights will go down absoulutely magnificently at the end of the day...especially looking down from Mount Beadell...

Hi Josh
If it was 6 months later, I would say half your luck, but this time of the year it will be very, very hot. The way the temperatures have been here lately, it will be tipping 50 C out in the desert. Adelaide has tipped an all time record with 8 consecutive November days over 35 C (Most days very high 30's and a couple over 40) with Wednesday and Thursday forecasting 41 C.

For safety reasons make sure that you carry extra water. Also be careful at night and do not go bare footed. It is that time of the year when snakes will be active at night, and the last thing you need is a snake bite a long way from anywhere.

You can get good water from a solar bore at Cooper Hill Bore on the Connie Sue. To get you used to some very serious corrugations, you will have a good starter for about 40 kilometres, from Parallel No 2 Road to Mackenzie Breakaways. The Old Gunbarrel corrugations will top the charts.The track will branch from a single vehicle track to 4 tracks in sections, each as bad as the other. Bore not working at Camp Beadell, but a top place to camp. There are some other good hand pumps on the Old Gunbarrel, well signposted.

It is top country out there. When you get to Tjukayirla, ask Andrew for a mud map to check out the caves that he has found. I have submitted a new Trek Note for these, but you will be on the road by the time they are put up on this site. We are back out there again next August, in the cooler weather.

Have a great and safe trip, drink plenty of water to stop dehydration and make sure that your air conditioner is working 110%.

Cheers

Stephen



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Therehas bee a fair bit of rain East of kal - mainly localised t/storms but they have dumped a fair bit so you just never know. Enjoy the cold ones.

rgds

We did an almost identical trip to yours (Cooper Pedy onwards) in Oct/Nov 2007. Had a spell of hot weather go through and it was 45 degrees in the shade (when you could find shade!) for about 6 days straight. I managed to delaminate all 4 tyres by running lowish pressures in the very hot weather on the heavily corrugated "highways". Didn't cause a problem while I was away but there was some ballooning of the inside walls of the tyres when I got back.

Take plenty of water! On the Anne Beadell there is no water on the SA side. But if you had a problem, then take the road south from Vokes Hill for 100k towards Cook, and you'll come across the large rainwater tanks.

Josh

Mate it sounds like a bit of a challenge rather than an enjoyable outback trip.

I hope it all goes well and that your preparation serves you well.

If I had to drive, the bitumen would be the go. But I'd seriously look at the air fares before choosing to drive.

Bob