Boggy Hole Feedback

Yes to all your comments and all good sense. Our load should be lighter by the time we get to that point too which helps; enough weight to help with traction. Is there much traffic through there in the dry?

There wouldnt be too many days that you dont get a vehicle down the track........somedays dozens (especially long weekends and holidays)

When we went to Palm Valley back in 2006 there was a sign specifically stating that if you wanted to go through you must speak to the ranger, it may well have been removed by now as that was 5 years ago. As I said, he mentioned he pulled out about 6 people a week and figure he's got better things to do than extricate people. I guess if you're not going into Palm Valley you wouldn't see that sign anyway.

If I'm going off road I do try to seek up to date info and also carry a UHF & HF Radio as well as the usual recovery gear but I guess I am just cautious or maybe I've just read too many incidents.

BTW We travelled the main track not any "special" track - didn't know there was one.

We thoroughly enjoyed the trip it was fantastic really beautiful areas.

Gday Cookie,
Ive recently moved from Alice where I lived most of my life and have never seen that sign in the 50 odd times Ive been through, but that doesnt mean there isnt one as I usually take a short cut and might have missed it if it is at the start? The track Im talking about goes from the rangers at PV through to the junction of Ellery Creek and the Finke and is a service track for the rangers only.
Great drive isnt it.

Cheers

Didn't get to drive through that section - the Ranger didn't mention it, we went back out to Hermansberg and down that way through to Ernest Giles Road. We still have a great laugh at the fact we camped at Boggy Hole on the only bit of grass that happened to be in the middle of the road/track. We saw 2 vehicles that came through and had plenty of room to get around.

I would love to go back and do it again as the facilities in the NT compared to here in SA are fantastic - they really know a thing or 2 about tourism that SA Government should learn for the outback tourist.

I cannot remember for the life of me the Rangers name he was a fairly young guy (late 20's early 30's) maybe he put it up as an act of despair. The drive was fairly easy apart for a little bit of really soft stuff between Illamurta & Ernest Giles.

Hairy you are certainly one very lucky person to live in such a fantastic place

Cheers

Colin

We wont be there until early July so things will have time to dry out by then. We plan to do the Anne Beadell from Coober Pedy(19/6) to Laverton and head back up the Great Outback Road, Sandy Blight Junction track and Gary Junction track and then down towards Boggy Hole before heading back into Alice to clean up/re-stock/service etc. Thanks for the update. Yes, local and current information will be what we need when we get into the area before heading in there. Probably will be two vehicles going through with us too.

We wont be there until early July so things will have time to dry out by then. We plan to do the Anne Beadell from Coober Pedy(19/6) to Laverton and head back up the Great Outback Road, Sandy Blight Junction track and Gary Junction track and then down towards Boggy Hole before heading back into Alice to clean up/re-stock/service etc. Thanks for the update. Yes, local and current information will be what we need when we get into the area before heading in there. Probably will be two vehicles going through with us too.