Road condition

It has been sealed the whole way to the SA border for years. There was some of the SA end sealed when I travelled it some years back. I believe the last bit has been completed since then. When I travelled it, I slowed right down and took the trip steadily at low speed over the gravel and there were no problems. I even took the van into the Dig Tree, travelling over the rough bits at a little faster than walking speed.

Hi George,

Whilst the road between Tibooburra and the Warri Gate at the Queensland border is sealed, from the Warri Gate to Noccundra is not. It is gravel, and like all outback gravel roads, it can be quite corrugated.

Macca.

Noccundra to Warri Gate is currently being upgraded to a sealed road. Works are still occurring so be mindful of equipment movements along that section.
There is also a new gas pipeline about to be installed in that region so there will be additional oversized vehicle movements with Pipes being dropped off to laydown pads.

Thankd to everyone for your advise. It looks like I will be going the long way to Cairns. I p[rfer to stay on sealed roads with a 22 foot caravan. I will safe a loy of cleaning road dust when I get back home.

Yes, last week we did towing van, probably better than most roads. Just need to take it easy on the creek crossing. Be aware that there are road works Noccundra end of dirt (use Channel 40) to contact the drivers, plus there touching up a couple of sections further south. Stay at the waterhole on the Wilson River opposite the Noccundra pub, great fishing for yellow belly. We are planning to go back for a week or so. We did tell Packsaddle RH that the road was open.