Rav4 to Birdsville
Submitted: Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 16:51
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Hi Guys!!
What are the roads like to
birdsville either from wills or from
windorah?
Would a rav4 be ok or not?
Reply By: Rangiephil - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:00
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:00
Last time I was on the
Windorah Birdsville Rd was last year about this time and it was a
well maintained outback dirt road.
A Rav 4 should have no problems with the reservation that the roads have many sharp flinty stones that could puncture the thin passenger tyres.
Regards Philip A
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Follow Up By: oztours - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:10
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:10
How many Km's of dirt is it?
SJ :)
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Reply By: rumpig - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:37
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:37
i did the
Birdsville Developmental Road a couple of weeks ago, from
Birdsville to
Windorah and the road was in excellent condition, you could have taken the family commodore along it just about, so a RAV 4 will have no problems.
the road is dirt pretty much from when you turn off the Diamentina Developmental Road, there may have been about 10 klms of bitumin at the Diamentina end of the
Birdsville Developmental Road, but that's about it at the most, rest is dirt until you are a few klms from
Birdsville.
they had some rain out there last week and the road was closed for a short period, hopefully it didn't get damaged, but either way your RAV 4 should be fine.
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Follow Up By: oztours - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:54
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 17:54
Did you go in the same way you came out?
Or can you go from
Birdsville to
Winton through
bedourie?
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Follow Up By: Rangiephil - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 19:54
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 19:54
You can go via
Bedourie and
Boulia. The road is a mixture of bitumen and dirt and the dirt bits are worse than on the Development road but still no problem for a Rav4.
Regards Philip A
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Follow Up By: rumpig - Wednesday, Jul 14, 2010 at 20:40
Wednesday, Jul 14, 2010 at 20:40
we came across the
Simpson Desert from Mt. Dare to
Birdsville, then onto
Windorah and home to
Brisbane.
that route in reverse may test your RAV 4 though ....lol
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Reply By: Member - Ray (QLD) - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 18:26
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 18:26
I think the owners of the
Birdsville Pub had one and used to run down to
Adelaide in it, had good tyres though.
Cheers
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Reply By: Madfisher - Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 19:10
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 at 19:10
Put some at tyres on it on either better ATLT.
Cheers Pete
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Reply By: Member - Ruth D (QLD) - Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:03
Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:03
Birdsville to
Windorah is approx 400 klms - 110 klms bitumen to the west of
Windorah then very good dirt to
Birdsville, recently graded by both Barcoo and Diamantina Shires. Small amount of rain on it last week.
A Rav4 or any vehicle is fine on it provided you drive according to the conditions and slightly lower the tyre pressure when you get to the dirt. Do not attempt to break any speed records and slow down when passing other vehicles either way to save stone chips on windscreens and windows.
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Reply By: aussiedingo. (River Rina) - Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 at 18:30
Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 at 18:30
G'day, I did it in a 1976 standard Falcon wagon 10 years ago without any problems so you won't either. We also did the whole
Birdsville track to
Adelaide with only punctures as we only had black road tyres & standard ride height! Now
Windorah to
Birdsville is a freeway compared to then! have a go!
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