Strzlecki Track

Craig
I can't find your profile. Are you a member? If so I would have thought you would be aware of the facilities available throughout the site to answer your questions. if you are not member common courtesy woud suggest that you remove the reference to membership in your sign-up.

teege

There a many factors you need to consider before leaving on such a trip. Although you might have an 'off road' van if it is not a true off-road then it's likely to sustain structural damage on some unmade roads if you don't drive according to the conditions. You haven't stated what your tow vehicle is. If it's a Coomodore or Falcon you could have some issues. Fuel is generally not a problem in the areas you are referring to although that, like the roads can change if rain should fall. Best to check the road conditions with the authorities prior to leaving as no-one, not even me, can predict what the weather will be like in a week, month or year. You haven't stated what time of the year you pllan to do this trip. That may also be a deciding factor.

SA road conditions LINK

QLD road conditions LINK

Craig,

Try this

The Strzelecki is currently being re-built.
They are working their way north from the southern end.
Last November, they were about half way. The southern end was like a billiard table, the northern end was quite rough and broken up compared with its normal "OK" status.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Gidday

Your question(s) is impossible to answer even if you gave the date of your intended travel. Conditions can change greatly in a very short period of time from smooth to corrugated, dry to wet.

Many Shires shut down unsealed roads after 10mm of rain to avoid costly maintenance, and this should be respected.

This sort of post comes up time and time again, whereby people seem to think that one season is the same as the other. It’s certainly not the case, and it’s your responsibility to make the effort to plan each section of your trip in accordance with the local conditions at the time.

I’ve often seen replies on here from people stating that a certain road was ‘easy last year’ without due consideration to the fact it might be very difficult to travel the following year.

Having said that, the Strzlecki Rd is generally a super dirt highway during the tourism season.

Regards

Kim

Thanks ,
Everyone for all your replies.
My current tow vehicle is 100 series TD With all the other considerations on it for a trip like this ie HF , Epirb, Long range tanks ....etc. The Caravan is also fully fitted out for off-road conditions. Both with good Ground clearence.
I am currently Travelling / Working around Oz for the next 5 Years .
When we do the Stezlecki it will be in May and there will be 2 Vehicle.
When it comes to doing remote tracks / Roads I do try and find out as much as I can ie Police , Rangers and Main road and exploreoz.
Just clarfiy I used to be a member but due to finacial restrants I reluctantly concluded my membership. Thus I belieive this is not my fault for the Site showing that I am a member, Also I am led to believe Guests can can post Questions/ Queries........ Or am I wrong!

The reason for asking was just to get a bit more understanding of the road and also if someone had done it recently. I did about 30 km of it the other day and it was fine .As we are currently living in Leigh Creek. And yes I did see the Road crew out there. One of the quieies was the other side of Innaminka ....But I will Check SA Roads and QLD Roads about this.......

Sorry to get some nickers in a knot about asking .

Thanks once again for all the people that Gave good feed back thats what I thought the site was about ........

Craig