2 Roads in the GV Desert that I didn't know about

Hi there,

Forgive me if this is old news.
I have just come back from a long weekender from the Great Victoria Desert.

I was expecting to use the Nippon Highway from Pinjin to Argus Corner to take me to the spring. Last time I went this way over 5 years ago the Nippon Highway was a bush track. It probably still is in places.

From just south of Pinjin to the PNG Baseline Road there is a good mining access road. This I followed all the way to the baseline road as even though I could have followed the old track I was interested as to where it went. It varied from one of the most smooth wide gravel roads I have ever driven on to a good gravel track.

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At the baseline road this road kept on going just north of east, however I turned down the baseline road which was the usual standard bush track in this area. The was some plant; pumps etc at the intersection and a small sign saying "No Entry Construction Site" where I was headed. I've been around the traps long enough to realise this was a decoy sign so took no notice.

Moving forward a day and a half now - Where the main graded track to Tjuntjuntjarra heading south leaves the Connie Sue Highway as depicted in this picture:

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This graded track eventually makes it way to the Cable Haul Road then terminates - or so I thought!!!!! All my maps say it terminates (maybe not so the latest Hema??) - however, it does not. It continues round about south westerly and terminates near Kitchener on the railway line. It it a good track all the way.

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Hope the info was help to someone, here's 3 unrelated pictures from the sojourn.

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Cheers
Alan