Birdville Inside Track is open

Map only shows it down to New Alton Downs turn off, so can't be sure as the written PDF report is just weird looking . . . Northern & Western Road conds

Travelled the Birdsville Track 4 weeks ago. Yes, the inside Track is open but the Track is in the worst condition I have seen it.
Was my third trip and the loose rubble surface is a hazard to traverse.

Amongst three vehicles, two towing camper vans, we experienced one broken rear side window from approaching mongrels who just won't slow down and six punctures along the route.

In startling contrast, the Strezlecki Track is in top condition, especially the old track, as far as Merty Merty. The surface is mainly sandy, or smoothly packed dirt and is a delight to drive on.

We drove from Adelaide, up the Birdsville Track, then further north to Boulia, east through Winton to Longreach, then down through Windorah to the Planet Arrabury turnoff and through to Haddon Corner, Innamincka and down the Old Strez to Merty Merty, back onto the "new" Strez until the turnoff through to Arkaroola and home to Adelaide.

Despite $700 for two bloody Cooper tyres at Birdsville, (all they sell) and a repaired one for $40, the broken side window in the ARB Canopy, (covered by insurance), but caused by someone obviously not driving their own vehicle, a destroyed power supply in the Engel fridge due to a squashed and shorted power lead ($425 to repair) and finally an 18 month old starter battery that failed on the penultimate day at Clare. ($230 to replace), in time, the whole trip will be remembered as an outback adventure.

The only bad surface was the Brirdsville Track itself, especially across the Gibber Plains between Mungerannie and Birdsville.
I'm now going to wait until the bloody track is sealed before driving it again. It's the second time I have experienced a broken window. My two mates following me in convoy and at a respectable distance, both had stone chips to their front windscreens, one reparable with resin in Longreach and one that lasted the distance, but with a big enough chip to require full windscreen replacement.