Road cond Sandstone to Menzie WA
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 at 23:48
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hunty01
Gday peoples, I'm thinking of taking a dirt road from
Sandstone through to Menzie and looking at the map, it cuts through some salt lakes. Just curious if anybody has been through this way or is it just tracks between properties?. I know the last 53km of it comes out near the
Lake Ballard lake sculptures.
Cheers Hunty
Reply By: Kanga1 - Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 00:14
Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 00:14
Hi Hunty, the road/track does go through Cashmere Downs and a couple of other properties ( I forget the names) it was in pretty good shape when we came through there last year, just take a bit of care approaching dips in the road if has rained. The
Lake Ballard sculptures are worth a look and the
lookout just before you get to the sculptures has a good view, I think it is called
Snake Hill lookout. Anyhow, you will enjoy it through there. Cheers, Kanga.
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:50
Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:50
Hi Hunty
There is a lot of mining activity out that way and when that happens, the roads are as good as any bitumen road. Make sure that you drop into
Lake Ballard, where there is also a couple of good little
camping spots right on the Lake edge.
Cheers
Stephen
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Reply By: Member - Serendipity(WA) - Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 08:19
Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 at 08:19
We came through that way on our return from the gathering in July and the road was great. Only a few cars so easy travel.
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Reply By: hunty01 - Friday, Sep 24, 2010 at 00:25
Friday, Sep 24, 2010 at 00:25
Gday again. That was one of the best dirt roads i have been on and for 295km amazing. We only saw one other car going the other way until we got to
Lake Ballard. We really felt like we were ou the middle of nowhere. It was a great way to get home as we only had 5 days to get to
Whyalla from
Carnarvon. Got stuck in
Carnarvon for 5 days so made that diversion.
Thanks for the replys!!
Hunty
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