Duchess Cloncurry road

me and my work mates on our day off, drove to duchess from mt isa and went up to cloncurry.
and then turned around and went back via the tar.

awesome road!!, heaps of pot holes, washouts, corrigations.
i was driving a dual cab td hilux manual, empty tray and had a ball!!.
real country road! kind of been a while for me.

this was in dec last year though?
take it easy, drop into the pub, have a quick drink, dont think youd get a counter, just a microwave pie is whats on offer and keep going.
old school pub, early days...... feel about it.

take care with the caravan, dont drive over 80km/h. MAX. 70 even better.
they might of graded it by then.
some creek crossings, washouts realy need you to drop to 15 20 km even more soo with a van.
water wasnt an issue for us, mind you make sure you dont get on it when its rained before about a couple of days.
the road would turn to crap then.
definatly do that road!!

had a blast.

ENJOY

Heather,

That road is sealed and will get regular maintenance.

It services Phosphate Hill and Osbourne mines with freight.

Have driven that road many times with no problems, Just watch for roadtrains and give them plenty of room as the last trailer may more around a fair bit.

Here is a photo of the good old days.

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cant remember to be honest, but from mt isa to duchess, was dirt to tar in some sections.

maybe you can fill me in when you go.

we turned off the tar from mt ISA and took the dirt road to duchess? only road from isa???

had pretty well tar from duchess to cloncurry.