Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 11:40
Yabbo,
Didn't get down as far as the Lakes, because I had to work. But it's a nice part of the country to work, just the same!
As mentioned above, the road is open from
Winton down as far as Davenport, and would expect it to be the same south of there, down towards Farrars Creek. The mailman goes to Davenort twice a week again now, so imagine the road is okay, but treat with caution, if there's no evidence of the
grader being along there.
Came back to
Winton last night, from
Brighton Downs, up the Diamantina River Road, to Old Cork, then on the road across to Cork Station, and from there up to
Winton -
Jundah road. The graders have done a "patrol grade" between Cork Stn and
Brighton Dns, and have touched up all the wash-outs, but there are still odd wheel tracks to be aware of, and odd short stretches of bull dust.
Except for the odd patch of corrugations I thought it was pretty good, though it might cut up further, ie bull-dust, if there's much road train traffic, and little or no winter rain.
Suppose you could shorten my long-winded follow-up to the usual "drive to the conditions". Oh, and the River has stopped running, so road to
Boulia will be right. Just watch for any silt banks in the channels, they are still wet, and I was nearly caught in one on Friday.
Enjoy the trip, Yabbo,
Bob.
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