Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 at 21:57
Hi Lucky, I agree with Chris in that I wouldn't take an onroad caravan to B/ville if I respected or wanted to keep the van after the trip. You may well get in and out but you equally may regret having a go. I think the B/ville track is probably the kindest access rd to B/ville. The road from
Windorah was very stony giving the caravan I took (offroad Supreme Getaway) a real hammering. You can see in my rig profile a couple of photo's of the damage to the
water tank stone gaurd if you go looking through my profile. It took me a very big day to get from
Windorah to B/ville and would take at least two days to do the same trip when I go back next time. Don't get me wrong, B/ville is certainly worth the effort to get there but leave the blacktop van in
Windorah if coming from this direction.
Maybe try somewhere like Innaminka first if you do want to take the van to gauge how it all works. The road in here from
Thargomindah (the Adventure Way) has less dirt, will be kinder to van and tug and give you a feel for what to expect if you do decide to head out to B/ville. Innaminka is also well worth the effort to get to, with plenty to see and do around there (I spent 5 days there and would have liked another 5 at least). Access roads to
Birdsville were harsher than access roads to Innaminka when I went (except for a stretch along the Strez which was equally as harsh as any into
Birdsville). I did see onroad cars and caravans at Innaminka but don't recall similar setups at
Birdsville, don't know if these setups got back from Innaminka unscathed though????
Regards, Trevor.
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