Coober Pedy and travellinf towards Lake Eyre

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Coober Pedy and travellinf towards Lake Eyre

Santa · Guru

Pretty rough country up that way guys, you had best be prepared for corrugations and plenty of em.

Yep the road from Woomera to Roxby is sealed, its only about 80 kilometers.

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Thanks for that Santa.

Theres no way I can convince the BOSS not to go to Coober Pedy - I'd rather follow the SA coast line around, but orders are orders:)

But I wont go out to William Creek etc - just haul my bum up the Stuart and then back down again to Port Augusta then over to Broken Hill.

Southern SA will have to wait to when we come back from QLD to WA

Santa · Guru

Reckon you will enjoy the trip up the Stuart, choose your time of year well, delightful during the cooler months, devastatingly hot during summer.

Be sure to visit the Breakaways just north of Coober Pedy, well worth a bit of dirt road.

Checkout the images here

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=the+breakaways&biw=1366&bih=611&tbm=isch&imgil=Afp-H4GenpFh6M%253A%253B_LwT4eO-UTlc2M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Flookandsee.me%25252F2009%25252F08%25252F01%25252Foutback-2009-3%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=Afp-H4GenpFh6M%253A%252C_LwT4eO-UTlc2M%252C_&usg=__hiro4bLI-UEMLbmsHonW6Q9IOpg%3D&dpr=1&ved=0CEkQyjc&ei=7v4HVYubNoPN8gWEr4C4Aw#imgrc=Afp-H4GenpFh6M%253A%3B_LwT4eO-UTlc2M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.macalba.net%252F2009%252F08%252F20090525-16-35-27-outback2009-coober-pedy-breakaways.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Flookandsee.me%252F2009%252F08%252F01%252Foutback-2009-3%252F%3B749%3B495

landscapes not singers.

-- Edited by Santa on Tuesday 17th of March 2015 09:21:05 PM

frangipani · Guru

Hi, Bruce n Bev, I'm planning on going to Uluru, then over to William Creek., end Apr early May., I'm in a Motorhome., if your travelling then might see you guys -Fran

Oma · Guru

We travelled up to see the Breakaways then Painted Desert from Coober up to the Pink Road House . IT would be a shame to miss the Breakaways & Painted Desert. Yes, they are wide dirt roads with some corrugations which depend on when the road graded but you travel according to the road conditions.
The road up from Roxby Downs is gravel & the same applies. We have travelled the full OOdnadata Track twice & both times found the road in fair to good condition but then again we are country folk who have lived with dirt roads.

D and D · Guru

I reckon it would be worth while giving someone up that way a call to get some info on the condition of the roads. They had a fair bit of rain up that way earlier this year and a bloke I met said the Oodnadata track and some of the other dirt and gravel tracks were pretty chewed up. We'll be heading up to Coober Pedy and getting a scenic flight over the lake and other areas rather than risk damaging the van and the truck. (Recommend the OP Shop on the Northern side of Coober Pedy.

Regards

Dave

madaboutled · Guru

Santa wrote:

Be sure to visit the Breakaways just north of Coober Pedy, well worth a bit of dirt road.
-- Edited by Santa on Tuesday 17th of March 2015 09:21:05 PM

Clicked on the rather large link and the first image I saw was this:

Thought I was gunna catch you out then saw "landscapes not singers" after I viewed the link, too quick Santa, that must have been your edit!

TAJ · Senior Member

HI went from cooper pedy to maree about 3 yrs ago all corrugated

people at cooper said the road was good it might have been for them

got to william creek had to deliver some goods for the publican asked what

the rest of the road was like said same as we travelled on there was a couple

of graders on the road got to maree was over ran with mice the bbq happy hour at the park a joke

busted the water tap on tank no water diesel was as dear as

if you go take it easy you might enjoy we stick to the black stuff now

taj

PeterD · Guru

The best way to see William Creek and Oodnadatta is to go on the postmans run from Coober Pedy. It's a bit expensive but probably cheaper then the damage to your light eight rig.