Laverton to Ulluru

Have you seen the Trek notes for that run, on this site ?
Great Central Road WA

Gday Dom,
You might need to be more specific with your questions mate. Unless people know a bit more about you its going to be hard to give you reasonable answers?

1. Depends on what YOU call ok? And know one can tell you if the road will be open or graded around then.
2. What spares? Its a well maintained (normally) and well traveled road. You know your car better than anyone else.
3. No. Let people know where your going and when your expected to arrive.
4. Depends on what level of cover your paying for I guess?
5. How often do you need fuel? Id call it readily available.
6. 9-10 hours at 110 kmh....how fast do you drive.... what will the road be like then? Refer to answer no. 1.
7.??????? Im not even going to answer that!

You will have to do a bit of homework.....there are lots of good sites on the web and information on here. But you need to read it and relate it to your own circumstances and expierience..... Ill try and post some links.

Cheers

Hi Dom,

Haven't driven the GCR yet, but suggest you do a search in the Blogs sections Use "Great Central Road" and you should get over 40 blogs relating to that road. That should help answer some of your questions.

In response to your statement that you are a bit nervous about breaking down - to put that in perspective, when did you last break down and need roadside help? Why would you need a second battery if you are just driving the road - but if you are on an extended camping trip, then it might be a different matter.

Cheers,

Val

Hi Dom

Take is easy and be ready to respond to rough patches. Speed may vary between say 80-90 kph and down to 30 kph.

If there is much rain, it will be a different story. Times of rain can be unpredictable these days.

Some people have done in three tyres on the run - we had no tyre problems at all (across eight tyres on the rig), but we do let them down.

If you want the security of communications take a Satellite phone or have HF radio. There will be other vehicles coming through.

Check you RAC cover for their kilometre from town limits. Recovery out there could be rather costly.Check My Blog from 2008; we stayed three nights along the way, once stopping early due to a dust storm and a spring breakdown.

The early morning weather station tour at Giles Weather Station Warakurna is really good.

Do you have many breakdowns where you normally drive? This should be no different.

We came back from our trip in late September and the weather was pleasant.

Motherhen

I did the GCR from Laverton to Uluru in two days without really pushing the envelope. I stayed at Warburton Roadhouse.

The road in the Laverton shire was excellent, better than a lot of sealed roads I've driven. Moving into the next shire the road deteriorated but your Patrol will still handle it with ease.

Fuel is available at Tjukayirla Roadhouse, Warburton Roadhouse, Warrakurna and Docker River. Prices run around the $2.30 - $2.50 mark.

Ring RAC and ask - you might have to upgrade your membership.

I'd definitely have a UHF and a sat phone wouldn't hurt either.

Don't forget to get your transit permits. You'll need one for the WA side and one for the NT side. More info in the trek notes mentioned before.

Finally, have a read of this it's very recent.

http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/95931/Great_central_Road.aspx