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Gunbarrel Highway

The Gunbarrel Hwy is one of Australia's most famous roads being the first of many desert tracks built by surveyor Len Beadell. Today, this track remains isolated and remote - for experienced desert

Gunbarrel Highway

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The Gunbarrel Hwy is one of Australia's most famous roads being the first of many desert tracks built by surveyor Len Beadell. Today, this track remains isolated and remote - for experienced desert

Danny 1

Considering towing our Kedron from Wiluna along the Gunbarrel to the Heather & down to the central road & East from there.Does anyone know how wide & how overgrown this part of the Gunbarrel is?Don't care how slow we have to go but have to be able to fit.Hope to leave about easter but all this will depend on the rain.
Cheers Danny

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Reply By: Member-George (WA) - Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 19:59

Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 19:59

With a Kedron..no problem. Good road up to Carnegie stn. After that gets a bit corrugated in sections and there cfdould be ruts if it has been raining, Check with carnegie Stn. Once your on the Great central road, no problem all the way to Uluru. A bit stony and sandy in places but no real problem. Cheers

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Reply By: Member -Pinko (NSW) - Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 21:03

Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 21:03

From memory, there are a few short sharp stoney creek crossings that you may get hung up on. There was one at Len Beadell's theodolite.
More replies may establish this.
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Reply By: Pete Mac - Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 21:34

Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 21:34

Corrugations on the Gunbarrel are the worst I have ever experienced. August last year, it took us 8 hours to travel 60km.

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Reply By: rocco2010 - Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 22:26

Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 22:26

Gidday

Have a search through the member blogs for a report by Navigator 1 (NSW) of his trip on the Gunbarrel last October. I can feel the shakes coming on just looking at his pics of the corrugations.

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Reply By: Gotlost - Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 23:17

Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011 at 23:17

Unless you wish to wreck your Kedron then go ahead, cant believe Dan you would even think of it, from memory the Heather Highway had after the Gunbarrel the worst corrugations i have ever seen, there are on the Gunbarrel in places three to four side tracks to try and overcome the corrugations, these side tracks are also badly corrugated.

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Reply By: wizzer73 - Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011 at 02:59

Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011 at 02:59

There is a bit of info here on a couple that did it with a bushtracker.

http://www.bushtrackerforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=9508&sid=32ee8c431bd2ba60fce2405529397e09

I was out there last year and the corrugations were bad, very bad.

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Reply By: Member - Bucky - Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:27

Wednesday, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:27

Danny
Good road heading East to Mt Nossiter, then turns a little nasty.

Drop your tyre pressures down, all rouond, and just take your time, you should do it fine.
Is there another vehicle travelling with you ?
Just in case !

Cheers
Bucky

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