Simpson Desert Hay River Update Query

gooday Peter M .
I will be travelling south on the Hay river trk middle of august , 1 possibly
2 patrols an 2 dirt bikes . looking forward to it , keep ya eyes out for us
cheers Pete

I was there last week.
Deepest red sand with the greenest cover you will ever see in places there.

There track right through is very defined the whole way.
You will not need the gps co-ords for even a moment.

There are only a couple of challenging dunes on the northern part and the rest is a basic drive..

My 1hz used about 180litres from mt dare....
Landy Disco used 200litres..
Navara 180litres...

The flower coverage is awesome......

Fuel at Jervois is $1.77 diesel.

Flies, flies, flies, flies, flies,,,,, the whole way.....

Approx 120 cars have travelled it so far...

Hi Peter,
We have just returned from the hay River track last Sunday and we had a great time. The track is very rough and bouncy with lots of sand and dust. The track out to Lake Caroline is very hard to find at the start but is dead easy once on it. There was lots but not masses of flowers out there and good birdlife at the lake.
We left from Birdsville and the Simpson had a lot of traffic.
We were in an 80 series LC, aftermarket turbo, and carried 190 litres of diesel and made it comfortably to Jervois to refuel (at $1.98/litre).
It folks at the Aboriginal camp were great hosts and we would have liked to stay another day to do the bushtucker tour, which is a bit steep at $80/pp, but time didn't allow that.
A visit to Goyders Pillar is well worth the effort and is about 1.5 hours round trip from camp.
Nights were cool at about 5 degrees and the days about 23 degrees.
There was a 65 kms bypass for Eyre Creek and Big red was closed due to water on both sides but the chicken track was open.
Don't even consider taking a trailer on the Hay River track though.
Message me if you want any more info.
Ian

I just came across the Simpson and am headed up the Hay tomorrow. The desert is wall to wall flowers at present- like never before.

Wim just came down the Hay and reports it badly washed out and wind blown from Maddigan 16 through north of Maddigan 15.

Watch the blog in 10 days time. :-)