Peak Downs Hwy

Bru · Senior Member

Peak Downs Hwy

aussiebottlo · Veteran Member

We travelled that way in August and September good road and not to much traffic, it was hilly in places and a steep descent/ ascent on the eastern side of the ranges. We were towing a 3200kg van with a Jeep grand Cherokee with no problems. I would much rather it than the Bruce Highway

Regards

John

Bru · Senior Member

Thanks for that. Bru

PeterD · Guru

Bru wrote:
Just read about the Hwy on Wiki Pedia turned me off too much heavy vehicle traffic on narrow road. So I'll guess we will go by Charters Towers and Townsville... Sometimes the internet is wonderful.

Peak Downs Highway - I don't think much of that description. Looks like it was written to keep timid and incompetent drivers off that stretch. There may be a few cowboy drivers along it at shift change time but that's not when you will be driving it. It was a full two lanes wide when I drove it. Some people think that a road is narrow when there is not much in the way of shoulders at the sides of a standard two lane width bitumen road.