Is the Tanami Rd a realistic option?

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Just another long bush road. It gets a fair bit of traffic, so it can get corrugated between grades.
We like the Gary Junction Road as an option. More remote, much less traffic, usually reasonable condition.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

If you do use the Tanami just remember to have plenty of fuel as the Rabbit Flat fuel oulet is closed.

We went across last year in Prado and off road trailer. Plenty of corrugations on the WA side. Did a tyre on a rock. Make sure you have good tread to start with and keep pressure and speed down on rough sections. Not many good camping spots on the track so start looking for somewhere early in the afternoon. Sturt?? creek on the top end is a good spot but you will need somewhere between the end of the bitumen and there. Apparently there is a good camping spot on the LHS close to where the Rabbit Flat road goes to the right but we could not find it?

have fun

I concur with Peter and Margaret's sound advice. The Gary Junction Road is in much better condition, and a shorter route to Broome. Plenty of re-fuelling options at the communities along the way. If hubby takes the best option to Alice Springs, west via the Gary Junction (either turning off near the start of the Tanami, or via the West MacDonnells and the Haast Bluff road) and on west as far a Marble Bar. Go north from Marble Bar on the Boreline road, which meets the NW Coastal Highway south of Sandfire Roadhouse, then on to Broome along the highway. Do NOT drive at night. It is hard enough to get the camels off the road in the day time, and they will step into the road right in front of you. If that happens at night, it could be very nasty.

Motherhen

Thanks so much for all your replies and advice. We will take a look at the Gary Rd Junction option. I must admit I'm glad its not be driving both ways!

Cheers

Gary Junction Road slide show 2008.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome.