towing a van from Windorah to Bedourie and then to Boulia??

I did this route last year with my Camp'o'matic offroad camper with no problems.
IMHO it would be better to have an offroad van, as the Plenty can be plenty rough, and the road from Bedourie to Boulia has some rough sections.

AFAIR there were no sections needing good approach or departure angles.
Regards Philip A

Hi Guys, just did this exact route two weeks ago (we are at Yularu as we speak) without too much drama's after some heavy rain. Roughest road was Windorah to Bedourie stretch following some decent rain - fair bit of chopped up road and bog holes but no real problems and vans getting through OK - mud everywhere. At Bedourie stay at the council park, just on your left when you come in to town, nice spot with hot showers, washing machines etc - 50 metres to the pub - say high to the locals - great tourist info spot. From there drove from Boulia on the Donahue - the road is by far better on the Qld side - and that's saying something for Qld road which are normally not good - honestly travelled at 80 kmph without dramas, after hitting NT side dropped dramatically to at points 30 kmph on rough corrugations and bog holes that had dried up - but having said that nothing too dramatic - drive to the conditions - any 4WD would cope with it and graders working both ends - 3 a stretch on the Qld side!!! We had two nights on the Donahue / Plenty - camped on river banks - awesome spots, no toilets etc but nice quiet spots under the stars. I should mention we have a newish prado diesel and towing a Jayco pop top outback model that may be a bit more capable than your set up but again, drive to the conditions and you'll be fine. Biggest issue is wet weather so keep an eye on how much rain the tracks have had. We drove Alice to West McDonnell ranges - fantastic spot - camped at Ormiston Gorge - from there did day trips all the way including Palm Gorge (Finke River) which I rate as the best 4WD track ever then did the Mereenie loop (very rough as we speak) to Yularu. Anyway enough rambling - if you want some more info get on to me and I'll happily give you some contact details - give it a crack you'll love it.

If you have a standard van you would be advised to travel very slowly to prevent damage. If the roads are dry they will also be dusty and most standard vans allow dust to get in everywhere so you will need to seal it well.

Brian

You could consdier going Windorah to Boulia via Diamantina NP, no problems for the vanalong this route, and wel worth the vsit, unless of course you have a particular reason to go via Bedourie.

We were out there recently (blog refers), and you can easily spend a few days 'soaking' it up.

Cheers, The Landy

Hi there. Thanks for all of the replies. We will be towing an older style millard van. After reading all of your replies my husband is keen to go that way, however I'm still a bit hesitant. For those of you that have travelled this route recently, did you see many other standard vans along the way on these roads? Thanks again