Road From oodnadatta to Mt Dare

dean r2
The road is normally not in bad condition except after rain it gets a bit rutted some sections can also get corregated, everytime I have been to Dalhousie Springs there has always been a mixture of off road campers and off road caravans there and they would have to travel the Mt Dare road to get there I have not taken my Off Road camper or caravan in there but that is because we are always doing desert trips which is no place for trailers.
It all comes down to speed if it gets rough you simply slow down if I was just going to Dalhousie I would not hesitate to take my Off Road Caravan in there

Happy Travels
Treker

Dean,

main station access road so it gets a bit of work done. A matter of driving to the conditions, particularly with the Jayco in tow.

Covered it in a couple of blogs last July.


Oodnadatta to Mt Dare - Explorers Trails


Mt Dare - Finke -Uluru


Cheers Mick

Dean,

Which road/track are you thinking of using?

You have the "main" road from Oodnadatta to Hamilton station which is usually in pretty good condition, from Hamilton HS you either head north to Eringa waterhole, Bloods creek & Mt Dare. this "road" deteriorates quite quickly to a gibber strewn track, good in some places poor in others.

If you head east from Hamilton HS this is the Pedirka track & it is not recommended for caravans & trailers, althow quite a few do take this track to Dalhousie Springs (get a permit from Oodna').

From Dalhousie Springs you head north again, either taking the Christmas bore track (Very rough & rocky) or the track to Bloods creek via the federal ruins.

Hope this helps.

Drove past that a few years ago, goe centre is about 12 k to the north of Finke Rd (24k return).
All the main roads were fine at that time we travelled, but we didn't have time to detour to Lamberts.

I later read somewhere that the track is very rough, but you may plan to leave the Jayco at the road and drive the track in / out without it ?

I haven't done it for a few years so I'd look at the advice from others for current info. But I'd add to that to make sure you have a stone guard across the front of the trailer, especially if you go the Perdika way which is very stoney.

yep very rocky. One local said to me "when God finished he had a whole bunch of rocks left over and he dumped them on the roads up here".