Road conditions, GCR & Tanami Rd

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 16:58
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Starting easter we will be be travelling these routes. Can anyone give me current/recent road conditions please?
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Reply By: Member - John and Val - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:25

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:25
Charlie,

Just above your post there is a row of buttons - one of them says roads, where you will find the info that you want.

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Follow Up By: DIO - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:33

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:33
Click on the LINK and then the map for the areas in question. Good luck
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Follow Up By: Charlie1 - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:43

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:43
Yea, sorry. I found that about 5 minutes after I posted on the forum. Not good news.
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Reply By: Member - Jan B (VIC) - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:41

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:41
Hi Charlie 1,

We traveled these roads last year,from Alice up the Tanami to Halls Creek the only part that was rough was the WA side mainly because they cant get a grader driver to work that run.
GCR we traveled from Laverton back to Alice its a great wide road in places
easy camping off the side the only bad bit was around Docker River for about 120 ks.
All in all was a great trip.

Regards Peter & Jan

PS we are doing we hope will be doing the GCR from Winton to Alice and back to Laverton again from May 15th
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Follow Up By: madcow - Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:07

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:07
I'll second that the corrugations were incredible on the WA side!
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Reply By: Member -Paintar - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:55

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:55
Hi Charlie
Have a look at post 77029
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Reply By: Charlie1 - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:55

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:55
Considering that part of the Tanami Rd is already closed and more rain can be expected, how long after it rain does it usually take to reopen a road? We do have an alternative route, Alice - Katherine - Kununurra, but gravel is more my thing and this whole trip was based around travelling the Tanami Rd. Would be rather disappointing.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jan B (VIC) - Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 at 13:03

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 at 13:03
Charlie,

If the wind is still blowing out there it does in march - april the road will be ok to at least the tanami mine as the fuel trucks run every day from alice and they fix the road asap after rains. I know this as i worked out there.

Regards Peter & Jan
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