Melbourne to Broome

Gidday

I have made separate trips along the Connie Sue north and south of Neale Junction. North in July last year and south in October 2008. The south trip only went as far as the Trans line access road.

The Connie Sue is a fairly typical WA desert track, with sandy, rocky, narrow, corrugated and just very ocasionally good sections, often all of that in the space of a few kilometres. The south is a bit hazy in the memory (already!) but i think it was better than the north, although some long bulldust holes were a warning that it is not a place to be after rain.

There were two rain events around Warburton in the early part of 2011 that caused major flooding and there were signs of that in the northern part of the Connie Sue for the last section before it joins the Great Central Road just west of Warburton. It looked like the track had become a creek and long sections were badly washed out. There were plenty of diversions and it was very slow going.

We had some camper trailers in our group and while they handled the conditions Ok I wouldn't have thought it suitable for a caravan ... but then again I have seen those caravan to the cape videos and I suppose anything is possible.

Either way it is a great part of the country and well worth a visit.

Cheers

Rocco