Brisbane to Birdsville

Hi Shagger,

You can take a 4cyl car to birdvilles these days (as long as the roads are in reasonable nick and you keep your speeds down).

I'd have something to protect the front of the van from flicked up stones, look at protection under the van to the wiring, tubing and water tanks.

Take an additional spare or 2.

Take it easy and you should be ok

Cheers Wilko

No worries taking your rig there. We planned 2 plus days to do the 280 km gravel section thinking there would be lots of rough stuff we would have to walk the van over. When we got there the road was so good we made the trip by mid afternoon on the first day. Most of that gravel section was better than some of the bitumen sections.

If you go north of Birdsville you will find most of the road to Mt Isa is now sealed. You can join a bitumen road travelling east at Boulia or Mt Isa to return home.

Enjoy the trip. There are some good tourist flights from Birdsville, especially towards Lake Eyre, just google "charter flights from birdsville."