Innaminka to Birdsville
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:02
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vk1dx
I did look for this on the
forum without any luck.
Which way is best? To the east up the
Cordillo Downs Road or to the west above Moomba on the public access route through
Walkers Crossing to the
Birdsville Track and then north to
Birdsville?
Phil
Reply By: Member - Oldbaz. NSW. - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:22
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:22
I believe
Walkers Crossing is closed & will stay that way,
check Road Conditions
on this site under
treks.......oldbaz.
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Follow Up By: vk1dx - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:35
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:35
Thanks Baz.
Maybe it would be best to go the
Cordillo Downs Road.
I tend to stay away from the non
forum pages on this site. They take ages to load here. 5 minutes for the
Places page on
Cloncurry to load yesterday. Just use the search function on the
forum. I just use the
forum. I am not a member so I get all the advertisments.
Phil
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Reply By: Crackles - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:59
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 16:59
I prefer to head out to
the Dig Tree, north to Arrabury then accross via Cordillo. Road is normally in better condition with far less washed out creeks. A big day if in transit or 2 days taking your time.
As already mentioned there will be no possibility of taking the short cut via Wakers Crossing for
well over a year.
Cheers Craig..............
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Reply By: Mick O - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:24
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:24
Phil, was out hat way a few weeks back and the Cordillo Road is in good nick. There is a lot of work being done on it at the northern end. Mooda Lake (10 km short of the
Birdsville Road
Intersection) is a great spot to
camp at present being full of water.
Cheers Mick
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Follow Up By: Member - Wayne B (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 21:23
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 21:23
Cordillo Road is fantastic at the moment I went that way last week
Walkers Crossing and the
Bore Track were Closed at that time. According to the locals the property owners dont like them being used so they stick up a
sign saying closed.
Cheers
Wayne
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Follow Up By: Member - Justin O (QLD) - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 20:28
Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 20:28
Apparently the
Bore Track was wrecked by some bike riders so they closed it. Fair enough too. It's a private road.
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:28
Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:28
Hi Phil
When we were heading to
Birdsville a couple of weeks ago, we ran into Larry McMahon who is a
Grader driver of the outback roads and he was saying the Cordillo Road was graded around 6 weeks ago and is the best it has been.
Walkers Crossing is still out and will be for a long time yet.
Cheers
Stephen
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Reply By: wombat100 - Saturday, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:59
Reply By: vk1dx - Saturday, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:43
Saturday, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:43
We will see what the locals say. The
Cordillo Downs Road is a lot shorter than the longer way past Haddens Corner and therefore, time wise, may be the best choice. Good to see its been graded. Almost 200Kms difference.
Phil
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