Permits - Sandy Blight and Gary Junction Tracks

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 at 19:08

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Member - John Baas (WA)

Hi Desert Travellers.

We are planning to come back into WA from Alice early Sept, via the Gary Junction Rd, Papunya to Kintore; then down the Sandy Blight Rd to the GCR.

Some of my reading is that permits for the SBJ Rd are being reviewed.

Has anyone had recent success obtaining permits for our planned route pls?

Cheers.

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Reply By: Member - RobnJane(VIC) - Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 at 20:05

Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 at 20:05

G'day John,

We have submitted requests for the permits you note and recieved them without any drama.

Permit details are included in both this site and relevent Hema maps.

Have a great trip.

Rob.

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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:27

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:27

Thanks Rob.

Cheers.

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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 at 20:31

Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 at 20:31

Hi John

Quite often there is always a lot of talk. As you would be well aware, you will need at least 4 permits for the trip. The NT permits are the quickest and the WA permits can sometimes take a little longer.

It is a great drive and you will enjoy it.

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Stephen

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Follow Up By: Mick O - Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 07:29

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 07:29

Good to see you're getting back out and about this year John. Concur with Stephen on the matter. Theres's always been talk and it centres around the actual maintenance of the track and who's responsible for it. Had no dramas with permits two years running and would suggest that you won't either. A great trip although the corrugations are fearsome (as per usual). You'd be an old hand at that by now anyway. Also be aware that the bore situated roughly half way is producing salty water so do not rely on it for drinking water. Make sure you do the Sir Frederick Range detour as well.

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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:10

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:10

Hi Mick

One question that I have been meaning to ask you for a very long time is when you did the SBJ Track, which way did you travel, North to South, or South to North.

It may seem a very silly question, because I know that we travelled it very similar times, but one day that we called an early camp in the Desert Oaks, there was one solo Troopy heading south with a Canadian Flag on its aerial. It stopped on the track and we thought it must have been in trouble. I called it up on the radio to see if all was OK and the male driver said all was OK, but was waiting for the others in his group to catch up. After a few minutes the vehicle took off slowly and I went for a walk over the sand dune. I was away for half an hour or so and did not hear or see any other vehicles - was that your group??

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ps The drive up to the top if Sir Frederick Range was a good little bit of up hill rock driving and I could have done with a 2" body lift that would have stopped those very large rocks scraping under the Prado..LOL

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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38

Hi Stephen.

Thanks. We'll be picking up on the route options ex Alice that you sent me last year.

Hey Mick, thanks for the tips.

Cheers.

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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 at 08:10

Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 at 08:10

You need an OKA Stephen :-)
That was the first trip we did in OKA196 in 2003, before we built the camper on it.

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Reply By: brianc - Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:09

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:09

We are going on the SBJ in a few weeks - GCR up then GJR west into WA.(weather gods permitting) Applied for the permits a few weks back and received the NT permit instantly on line, the WA one took a week or so.

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