Help needed with planning Outback tour in July
Submitted: Monday, May 09, 2011 at 22:11
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Christiaan J
Gretings all My Mrs and I are planning a trip in July During the School holidays first 2 weeks
Sydney to
Sydney. I don't think we have time to do a good Simpson Crossing but I thought we could tour about a bit any way. We will have 5 or 6 other cars with us.
Here is the starting itinerary.
Sydney to
Nyngan 02/07/11
582 km
via Gt Western Hwy &
Mitchell Hwy
Refuel:
Sydney
(713km next refuel)
Camp:
Florida rest areaNyngan to
Milparinka 03/07/11
695 km
via
Wilcannia &
White Cliffs Depot Glen
Refuel:
Cobar
(603km)
Stay:
MilparinkaMilparinka to
Innamincka 04/07/11
405 km
via
Tibooburra &
Strzelecki Track
- Camerons Corner
Refuel:
Tibooburra
(366km) 7d 7-9pm
Stay: Cooper Ck
Innamincka Area 05/07/11
- B&W
Graves
- Dig Tree
Refuel:
Innamincka
(512km) 7d 7-7pm
Stay: Cooper Ck
Innamincka to
Birdsville 06/07/11
512 km
via
Betoota
- Haddons Corner
- Waddi Trees
Refuel:
Birdsville
(553km) 7d 6-6pm
Stay: ???
Birdsville to Poppels Cnr 07/07/11
175 km
via QAA Line
- Big Red
That puts us about halfway into the trip. I'm still working on the return portion
Iam thinking about from Poppels cnr south on the K1 line 87 kilometers then west on the
Rig Road 108 kilometers north on Knolls track for 43 kilometers and then east on the French line back to Poppels crn for 77kilometers. for a 315 kilometer loop. This plus 175 Kilometers from
Birdsville each way is a total of 565 kilometers in the Desert between fuel stops both at
Birdsville. Has any one else done this loop and thoughts about it? and or return ideas to
Sydney?
Thank you.
Ruth and Chris
Reply By: SIF4X4 - Monday, May 09, 2011 at 22:45
Monday, May 09, 2011 at 22:45
Hi Ruth and Chris
Your planning is OK up to
Innamincka but after that your have problems.
At this point in time the road to Arrabury is closed at the Cooper Crossing
Innamincka. The
Innamincka Campground is flooded as
well. BTW the Old
Strzelecki Track is closed as
well
The same goes for access into the Simpson from
Birdsville. The desert is flooded. It is unclear when the desert tracks will open.
Look here for info
http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/northern_roads/northern.asp
And it is
Poeppel Corner named after Augustus Poeppel, Surveyor :-)
Cheers
Spero
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Follow Up By: Christiaan J - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 06:34
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 06:34
Thank you Spero
We are planning as if it were to dry up enough come July. We will have to come up with a secondary and probably third alternative if it doesn't dry up enough. However we would like to still try and get some
feedback on the trip as planned so if it does become passable we have some options.
Ruth and Chris
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Reply By: sweetnam - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 08:07
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 08:07
HI
You have some big days there,
Milparinka to Innaminka - although only 400k's on the map - it is a big drive.
We are doing the Simpson in July but have reversed our plan to give everything time to dry out
1. Syd to
Cobar
2 & 3
Broken Hill looking around
4 Wilpina Pound
5 & 6 Williams Creek
7 & 8
Coober Pedy
9 Ghan
10 & 11 Uluru
12
Kings Canyon
13 Ormiston
Gorge
14, 15 & 16 Alice
17
Chambers Pillar
18 & 19 Dalhousie
20 to 23 Simspon (Combination of all 3 lines to see everything)
24
Birdsville
25 Innaminka
26
Cameron Corner
27 & 28 While Cliffs
29
Nyngan
30
Home
We have a lot of
young kids on the trip so we are taking our time and having down days to play. But it also means it will be late July before we look at Big Red,
Birdsville and Innaminka so hopefully it has dried out enought.
Every day more and more tracks are opening up, but the Birdsville/Innaminka will still take quite a while.
the word is
Coongie Lakes is out for all of 2011
B
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Follow Up By: Member - barbara M (NSW) - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 16:28
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 16:28
Totally agree, we took one day to drive from innaminka to tiboburra and that was the second time we had done it so we didn't
check out the national park, we stayed in the caravan park it was really cheap for a non powered site, there is so much more to see out there than you think
barb
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Reply By: Baz&Pud (Tassie) - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 09:08
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 09:08
Hi Ruth & Chris
Sounds like a great trip, we have covered a lot of what you have planed.
Only problem i can see is you are going to be driving all the time and won't have any time to look around and enjoy where you are going/have been.
When driving in the outback 100ks seems like 200ks, so you have a couple of big days in front of you.
Enjoy the trip, it's great country out there.
Cheers
Baz
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Reply By: Robin Miller - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 16:39
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 16:39
Hi Guys
We did that Simpson loop in 2009 just after sandstorm as described in thread 72318.
It only took 3 days plus a couple for the drive up from
melbourne.
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