Connie Sue, Neale Junction, Anne Beadell

Thanks Mick. Great shots and video. Connie Sue part looks to be ok with sensible driving. Still need to check at Warburton.

Thanks Kanga, enjoyed the blog. Couple of questions for you.

Which way out of Laverton did you take. Great central Highway through Newberry then down to the AB on the Mt Shendon Rd, out the White Cliffs Rd. to the AB then down to Lake Rason, or did you take the Merola Rd out of Laverton and come into Lake Rason from the south?

Where is 7Millers Shack? On Lake Rason?

Where does the Spackman Track come in? Can't locate it on any of my maps

Thanks for your reply

mepvic, glad you had a read, we left Laverton South East on the Merolia Road, which goes through Burtville got onto the Haul road there (mining road, Lights on, Channel 40, 80 km speed limit) this Haul road sort of follows the Merolia road, stay on this to the Rason Lake road ( should be marked with a sign saying Tropicana, there are some drill rigs out at the East end of Lake Rason) we followed the Rason Lake road out to the 7Millers shack, I wanted to show Mrs Kanga where I excape to 3-4 times a year.
There are some very nice Breakaways on the 130km trip to the Shack from the Haul/Merolia rd intersection with the Rason Lake rd, there are also some supposedly extinct Stick nest Rats in some tough country about 100kms out and to the North.
The 7Millers shack is at the Westerm end of the Lake. Look for the mail box at 130kms East from Haul Rd intersection, you can't miss it. If you are travelling through there make sure you drive in and have a look, well worth it, The builders of the Shack have done a brilliant job of it and don't mind it being used, but NOT abused.
The Spackman track runs up the East side of the Dunes for that section of the Great Victoria Desert, Tropicana had a mining camp signposted at the intersection of the Rason Lake rd and Spackman Track ( I have heard it referred to as the Naries Point Track depending on who you talk to). After the Tropicana camp ( ask the guys at the camp where to go off their tracks to get back on to it, because they have put tracks in all over the place and getting back onto Spackman can be hit or miss.)
You will need a radiator blind for Spinifex on this track, it doesn't get used a lot and will clog up your cooling system PDQ. We followed it on up to where it joined the ABH approx 47kms West of Neale junction, and stayed on the ABH all the way to Coober Pedy doing a couple of side trips on the way. Hope this helps.
Cheers, Kanga.

Thanks Kanga, great detail and looks like a great trip. We come over West a few times a year to see family and are a bit sick of the Nullarbor so might try that as a diversion one time. Will keep the info on file. 7Millers shack sounds interesting.

This trip will probably stick to the Connie Sue to Neale Junction then the AB through White Cliffs to Laverton.

Thanks again for the info.