Outback Highway?

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:33:41 +1000, "Roger Martin"
wrote:

Try aus.cars.offroad who may have more recent info.

Have done, and thanks. I hadn't realised that ng existed.

Geodyne

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:02:36 +0800, not really
wrote:


Have a look here http://www.exploroz.com.au/Splash.asp

My niece and her hubby did it a few months back, camping in tents etc
in a cruiser with six (6) kids.

They were game..... 8 in one car...... as well as the camping gear and
other stuff

By all accounts they had a great time and not too many problems.

SIX kids....you're not kidding they were game! The kids all survived
and didn't kill each other?!

That was exactly the information I was after...thanks, Tony. Planning
to go Sydney-Broken Hill-Port Augusta-Yulara-Outback
Highway-Geraldton-Shark Bay-Perth-Fremantle and then around the SW
coast before coming east across the Nullarbor. The bit from Yulara to
Laverton was the only one I was having trouble getting condition
information about, and it's the most important!

Geodyne

Geodyne wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:02:36 +0800, not really
wrote:


That was exactly the information I was after...thanks, Tony. Planning
to go Sydney-Broken Hill-Port Augusta-Yulara-Outback
Highway-Geraldton-Shark Bay-Perth-Fremantle and then around the SW
coast before coming east across the Nullarbor. The bit from Yulara to
Laverton was the only one I was having trouble getting condition
information about, and it's the most important!

Geodyne

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

Gerrit - in Europe today - Canada Thursday - back in Oz October

On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

You can even see it on the map he http://www.outback-hwy.org.au/
I've heard it's a smooth ride. I do promise a trip report when I get
back.

Gerrit - in Europe today - Canada Thursday - back in Oz October

I think I want your life. :-) Where were you visiting in Europe, and
where are you planning to visit in Oz this time?

Geodyne

On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

You can even see it on the map he http://www.outback-hwy.org.au/
I've heard it's a smooth ride. I do promise a trip report when I get
back.

Gerrit - in Europe today - Canada Thursday - back in Oz October

I think I want your life. :-) Where were you visiting in Europe, and
where are you planning to visit in Oz this time?

Geodyne

On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

You can even see it on the map he http://www.outback-hwy.org.au/
I've heard it's a smooth ride. I do promise a trip report when I get
back.

Gerrit - in Europe today - Canada Thursday - back in Oz October

I think I want your life. :-) Where were you visiting in Europe, and
where are you planning to visit in Oz this time?

Geodyne

On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

You can even see it on the map he http://www.outback-hwy.org.au/
I've heard it's a smooth ride. I do promise a trip report when I get
back.

Gerrit - in Europe today - Canada Thursday - back in Oz October

I think I want your life. :-) Where were you visiting in Europe, and
where are you planning to visit in Oz this time?

Geodyne

Geodyne wrote:
On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

Make that "some 131 km" (Leonora to Leinster) or is there now a
turnoff before (i.e. to the south of) Leinster? But what's 51-81 k's
amongst friends! :-)

FWIW, we did the Alice Springs to Winton bit of this 'highway' and
loved it.

Geodyne wrote:
On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

Make that "some 131 km" (Leonora to Leinster) or is there now a
turnoff before (i.e. to the south of) Leinster? But what's 51-81 k's
amongst friends! :-)

FWIW, we did the Alice Springs to Winton bit of this 'highway' and
loved it.

"Geodyne" wrote in message
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On 27 Jul 2004 12:46:12 -0700, (Gerrit) wrote:

How are you going to get from Leonora to Geraldton? Seems to me you
will have to take a significant detour. Or are you going cross
country? :-)

There's a secondary highway that goes due west to Geraldton, with the
turnoff to it some 50-80 km to the north of Leonora. It's almost
absolutely direct - goes via Sandstone and Mt. Magnet. Sealed road all
the way - luxury!

We traveled that way in reverse way back in about 1980 (with my parents - I
was 13). There were some really interesting places around Mt Magnet and
Sandstone - old gold mining ruins and towns etc. I'm hopong to get back to
Oz for a big goldfields loop sometime in the next year or so, with my Dutch
wife. Drive northeast from Perth towards Mt Magnet, then loop down to
Kalgoorlie, head down to Esperance for a refreshing swim, then back to Perth
via the Stirling Ranges.

Tom