Emu to Cook

Did the same trip a couple of years ago great beautiful country nth of Maralinga was then a good track to Emu.

opened ExOz and saw your heading "Emu to cook" !!!!
What the ????
Always wonderered what Emu tasted like hahahah enjoy your trip guys..
Cheers
Joe

Happy email me on lcfben@bigpond.com will fill you in

Maralinga to Emu gets very little use and is generally in good condition, easy to follow and navigate (if a little overgrown in places). Member Ozhumvee did this trip last year with the Friends of the Great Victoria Desert Group so hopefully he'll see your post and give some details.

Cheers Mick

Hi Frank.
Not your question, but after leaving Cook travelling south, deviate east to Knowles Cave and then south to Nullarbor RH. MUCH nicer drive than the main road south from Cook.



This is north of Cook.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

That country is my favourite neck of the woods.

The road north from the Eyre Highway at Colona through to the Iluka Zircon Mine is a highway at present, with a new mining access road being pushed through because mineral sand is being carted out by semitrailers. The turnoff is about 1 km west of Colona station. The road is is good nick north of the mine - it has been upgraded recently to take an oil drilling rig further north.

The Maralinga to Emu road is a nice drive through stands of Black Oak, Eucalypts and Mulga. The track was in very good condition last year.

The Emu to Voakes Hill section is corrugated and overgrown in places but nothing that should bother you (but it bothers others). Nice country with track running parallel with the dunes.

The Voakes Hill Rd is a bit overgrown at the top end, but by August a few vehicles will have gone through so should be OK. We were out there last week. The country south of the Mamungari boundary is subject to a lot of oil exploration work at present, so there may be a bit of mining traffic around. There are a lot of new seismic lines that have appeared in the last two years, and some new access tracks look like outback highways, so stick to the skinny overgrown track and you'll be fine!

South of the Aboriginal Business Rd is a good drive - gets a bit slow when you leave the dunes and come down to the Nullabor - we were averaging about 30kph because of bits of limestone sticking out.

The GVD has received a great dose of rain in the past year and is looking ergrown and lush. Many of the eucalypts are in flower at present and likely to be moreso in August - particularly the Youngiana (Ooldea Mallee).

Cheers
Phil