Googs Track Review

On the other hand, it is very hard to get lost on Googs track - well, except for the very last part, but even that doesn't matter much as you end up at the same place.

make sure you have a flag up ;some people dont which makes it very dangerous bye barry

During our 11 years of aussie travels, Googs Track is still up there with one of our favourites. We did it from north to south, which is a bit unusual, but we towed an ultimate camper and it would have been impossible to have done it in the other direction because the approaches were really chewed up and the sand like marshmallow. We needed a run-up on every dune and only got bogged once, but it was our own fault as we didn't give our trusty Landcruiser enough herbs to get up a steep dune.

Interestingly enough we only met one traveller on the way & they didn't have a flag or a radio. Pretty irresponsible we thought especially in view of the fact that they had 2 little kiddies on board. A flag is a must as there are potentially 300 possible head-on opportunities on the crests of each of the dunes.

We made a point of calling our position over channel 18 on the uhf every 1/2 hour, but didn't ever get any response.

We met some people at the Lake end putting their flags on the rear bumper - not very smart either, unless they intended reversing over every sand dune.
There are magic camps and make sure you check out the monuments at the lake end - very sad story and outcome for the two boys.

Make sure you drop in to Mt Ive Station on the way to or from Iron Knob turn off if you go that way as well. They have some wonderful bush camping and some good 4x4 treks. You used to be able to get fuel as well.

enjoy the track, nomads