Best way to Birdsville from Wollongong
Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 14:34
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Aaron Prado
Hi All we are planning a trip in Oct this year. We are doing the
Flinders ranges as a charity drive and meeting in
Broken Hill. However we are thinking since we are heading out that far that we may leave bit earlier and also do some other exploring ie goto
Birdsville.
So we are thinking Syd >
Birdsville > then
Birdsville to
Broken hill. I have looked on Google Maps are there seem a number of different ways to go.
Which are are the recommended routes and times for a trip like this?
This is a rough Itinerary. Is it realistic and I would like more info on routes and
places to see.
Leave Wollonong or
Bathurst on Sunday 10th, head to
Birdsville arrive Wednesday 13th
Drive the
Birdsville Track taking our time, head to
Broken Hill arrive 18th
Join the Drive4Life Group, head to
Flinders Ranges and
Corner Country finishes 26th Head
home from
Broken Hill on the 27th
Also is the Strzelecki included in this route from
Birdsville to B/
Hill???
We will be in a group of 3, GU Patrol, 80series and Prado all
well setup.
thanks in advance
Aaron
Reply By: Member - Wim (Qld) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 14:41
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 14:41
Aaron.
A place to visit is
Cameron Corner. Couple of drinks at the put and
camp in the dunes a km or so to the back of the pub. Plenty of firewood and nobody to tell you what you can and cannot do.
Track across the top of Sturt NP would also be good.
Bore track?
Lots to see and some nice camping spots.
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Follow Up By: Member - Wim (Qld) - Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 14:42
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 14:42
sorry about that, "pub" not Put.
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Reply By: Member - John and Val - Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 15:44
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 15:44
Hi Aaron, from your description of your itinerary you would be doing quite a bit of backtracking in that you would be going from Maree at the southern end of the
Birdsville track all the way back east to
Broken Hill, then to head west again to the Flinders. Then by the sound of things you are going up the Strzelecki towards Innaminka and Im guessing
home via the
corner country.
Since your time is limited (and you will be doing the Strz track anyway) I would suggest that you spend your days before you get to
Broken Hill exploring around western NSW - Mootawingie NP,
Menindee Lakes, Milaprinka,
Tibooburra White Cliffs etc, or even
Lake Mungo NP which is a bit south of B
Hill.
Could I also suggest that if you are going out into that country on your own then get a good set of paper maps both for planning and for safety when travelling. The Hema Road and 4WD Atlas is a good way to start, and available through this site.
Cheers,
Val
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Reply By: Member - Aaron L (NSW) - Monday, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:02
Monday, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:02
Hi All. I have been looking at maps (Google Earth) and to try and paint a better picture of the intentions.
The idea we had was to try and get to
Birdsville from
Wollongong. Then take the
Birdsville track Sth to
Broken Hill, where we are meeting a group for charity drive through the Flinders.
So to try and not double up tracks (as much as possible) what would be the best route to
Birdsville from
Wollongong so we can track down via Maree >
Lyndhurst to B/
Hill? Hope all that makes sense.
cheers Aaron
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Reply By: Member - Aaron L (NSW) - Monday, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:06
Monday, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:06
After type in an Idea of the Route on Google Maps here is what is came up with. DOES it look right?? or have I entered incorrectly from Cameron Cnr to
Birdsville???
Link is MAP and route is
Site Link
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