Firstly,thanks exploroz for having me as a new member,been a visitor for a while,so here goes my first thread.(as a member) Just returned from an eleven day trip down to the
Pilbara,any one travelling this area may be interested in the condition of some of the dirt roads I have just travelled on.
Boreline Road off Gt.Nthn Highway-Excellent,graded with extensive re-sheeting.
Muccan/
Shay Gap road-excellent,all graded.
Warrawagine to
Marble bar road,very good,graders on the road,lots of road trains though.
Marble Bar road to
Nullagine,very good despite what the the signs say.
Nullagine to
Newman,again very good despite what the signs say.
Jigalong / Balfour Downs road,very good,all graded.
Talawana Track (and by now beyond the Rudall turnoff and on the way to Parnngurr),all freshly graded.
North/South road through Rudall has had a bit of a grade in the recent past,but those that know it (this was my first trip) it varies from ok to stoney to sandy to boggy etc.etc.
DQB road is slow,got in ok with camper trailer.(still plenty of
water in the pools)
Tjingkulatjatjarra road is slow,again got in ok with camper trailer.(still a good amount of
water in
the pool)
Road north to Telfer,very good,again recently graded
Telfer back to Woodie Woodie turnoff,very good,graders on the road.
Track in to upper Carawine,slow going but got in ok with camper trailer.
Oakover river is still running,great
camp spot for a couple of days.
All up travelled 2667km and had a great time.
Hope this information is of some use to those travelling this area.