savanah way
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 20:46
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Member - bill & netti p (VIC)
Hi to all
In about 3 weeks we we will heading to
lawn hill via
Normanton then onto Kingfisher
camp then
Borroloola.has any one travelled from
lawn hill up to the
savannah way lately we are pulling a single axle off road van would like to know if it the same as the rest of savanaha road of which we have travelled before
Regards
BILL
Reply By: John E - Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:10
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:10
G'day Bill and Netti,
Have just arrived in
Borroloola from
Lawn Hill towing a 23ft Boroma. Couldn't get into Kingfisher
Camp because of Fires. Not a lot of water in the creeks ,road fair to Hells
Gate (which is fully open again ). Corrugation pretty bad in
places after that through to Borrroloola.
Regards
John
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Follow Up By: John E - Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:12
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:12
Also thanks to all the replies to my post earlier.
John
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Follow Up By: Member - bill & netti p (VIC) - Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:25
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:25
Thanks for the information and we will be travelling that way & looking to through a line in at Boroloola. Just come back from
Cape York. Road up ther is in great condition.
Regards Bill & Netti
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Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:31
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 at 21:31
You will be fine, it is a bit rough due to rain about 4 weeks ago and tyre tracks in the blacksoil mud, it is all dry now and many have been up that way with vans since .........
There are roadworks bettween
Burketown and
Gregory Downs so they may hold you up a bit and re-sheeting just west of
Doomadgee ....
As for the fires, a kiwi couple are managing Kingfisher at the moment and they are stressing a fair bit, my guess is they have not seen fires berofe :-) .... fires are fairly normal up here at this time of the year, lit by "black" lightining hahahhahaa
Cheers and safe travels...
Joe
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Follow Up By: Member - bill & netti p (VIC) - Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:27
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:27
Thanks for the information, hopefully by the time we get there the fires will have settled down
Regards Bill & Netti
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Follow Up By: pennys - Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 17:19
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 17:19
We're heading off from
borroloola to
burketown tomorrow and will let you know how we go.
Joe we'll drop in and say thanks/hi sometime tomorrow arvo (travelling in a silver D3 nt plates).
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Follow Up By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 18:12
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 at 18:12
Hi guys, we "should" see you, we will have our freight truck in the afternoon and it is a big load and we will be VERY busy and we need to get it off and sorted by dark so please dont be offended if we miss you, hoping we dont ....
Cheers
Joe
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Follow Up By: pennys - Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:28
Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:28
Joe, GReat to meet up, hopefully next time we'll have longer to chat.
Shane
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Reply By: pennys - Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:25
Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:25
Bill, Joe pretty much covered it. Road from
Borroloola to qld border was ok with some rough patches, qld border onwards a bit better. Drive to conditions and experience and you'll be fine. No issues with water, less than 30cm and most dry.
Have fun, it's a great drive!
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