ExplorOz Western Deserts Routes

WA - Agnew Loop

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 03:11:00 GMT

The Agnew Loop is one of two Leonora loop treks, each providing two very different themes. Starting at Leonora, located in the Northern Goldfields of WA, this trek focuses on the Social History, retelling stories of the goldrush and subsequent settlement of the region. This trek features roughly 15 interpretive sites, with rusty steel story tellers at each site, providing a first person account of the site in general. The Leonora Loop Trails are a great way to see the sights and soak up the stories of the Leonora shire.

WA - Anne Beadell Highway

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 06:20:00 GMT

An inland alternative to travelling the Nullarbor, the Anne Beadell trek offers remoteness, isolation and unique vegetation and wildlife.

WA - Bullfinch to Goongarrie Station

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:37:00 GMT

Bullfinch to Goongarrie Station takes the traveller through part of the Great Western Woodlands, and into remote country near the Mount Manning Nature Reserve. Starting at the small town of Bullfinch and ending at Goongarrie Station run by DEC, passing through Lake Ballard and Menzies, it provides an interesting tour of the bushland of the West Australian Goldfields and could easily be incorporated into other travel in the region.

WA - Canning Stock Route

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:09:00 GMT

The Canning Stock Route is a long-distance remote stretch of track through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. No longer in use as a stock route this is now a vehicular track allowing access to the wells constructed as stock watering holes.

WA - Connie Sue Hwy

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:08:00 GMT

Named after the daughter of Len and Anne Beadell, the very remote Connie Sue Highway runs over 650kms from the railway town of Rawlinna to the Aboriginal community of Warburton.

WA - Darlot Loop

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 03:59:00 GMT

The Darlot Loop is one of two Leonora loop treks, with this one taking you through the many and varied landscapes of the north eastern Goldfields. This self drive trek focuses heavily on the Natural History of the region and features roughly 15 interpretive sites, with rusty steel story tellers at each site, providing a first person account of the site in general. The Leonora Loop Trails are a great way to see the sights and soak up the stories of the Leonora shire.

WA - David Carnegie Road

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:32:00 GMT

The David Carnegie Rd is a little travelled track between the Great Central Rd and the Gunbarrel Hwy. It is a spectacular piece of country with rocky outcrops, spinifex plains and breakaways and in parts challenging 4WDing with deep ruts and washaways.

WA - Eagle Hwy

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 03:59:00 GMT

The Eagle Hwy is a very isolated track in the Gibson Desert. At the northern end it can take you to the Gary Highway or the Talawanna Track and the southern end finishes at the Gunbarrel Hwy

WA - Gary Junction Road

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:05:00 GMT

Today, the Gary Junction Road is an essential east-west link connecting 4 major aboriginal communities along a route built by Len Beadell in the 1960s through the Great Sandy Desert. Suitable for offroad vans, permit required.

WA - Goldfields Loop

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 06:38:00 GMT

Go back to the turbulent days when new towns sprouted soon after a gold find only to turn to ruins after the gold dried up. The trek paints the picture of the gold rush days in WA, the jubilance and hardships faced and the towns that survived.

WA - Great Central Road

Thu, 18 May 2023 07:37:00 GMT

Part of the "Outback Way", the Great Central Road is the main thoroughfare through Central Australia and links WA to NT. It is widely used by buses, trucks, 4WD and occasionally 2WD vehicles.

WA - Gunbarrel Highway

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 03:53:00 GMT

The Gunbarrel Hwy is one of Australia's most famous roads being the first of many desert tracks built by surveyor Len Beadell. Today, this track remains isolated and remote - for experienced desert travellers only.

WA - Heather Highway

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 05:17:00 GMT

This track is a quick and easy way to get from the Great Central Road through to the Abandoned Section of the Old Gunbarrel Highway. Even though it does not offer many of the scenic features that other tracks offer in the area, it is still an interesting drive and provides relief from those torturous corrugations that you may have encountered further out on the Old Gunbarrel Highway.

WA - Hunt Oil Road

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:03:00 GMT

This remote trek links the Gunbarrel Hwy with the Great Central Road. It passes via Mount Worsnop and past the Hunt Oil road camps and drilling sites.

WA - Northern Yilgarn Conservation Reserves

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:59:00 GMT

The area covered by this trek is very ecologically diverse; containing woodlands, heathlands, iron ore range country and extensive mulga in the north. Start at Southern Cross with a short detour to Lake Seabrook through to Koolyanobbing. Then onto the Helena and Aurora Ranges; to Kurrajong Rock and northwest through Mt Manning Nature Reserve. Then north to Mt Elvire and return south to Bullfinch.

WA - Rason Lake Road

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:05:00 GMT

For those people that are travelling the Great Victoria Desert area and are looking for an alternative route to or from the Laverton area, the Rason Lakes Road makes a very interesting drive, covering a vast array of scenery and vegetation.

WA - Sandy Blight Junction Road

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:17:00 GMT

The Sandy Blight Junction Road is one of those great four wheel drive trips that one visit will not be enough to experience the true beauty of this remote part of Outback Australia.

WA - Telfer Road

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:46:00 GMT

This desert route is suitable for towing offroad caravans from Alice Springs to the North West of WA.

WA - Tjukayirla Caves

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:36:00 GMT

The Tjukayirla Roadhouse situated approximately half way between Laverton and Warburton in Western Australia on the Great Central Road now has something very special on offer besides a top place to stay – a series of recently discovered Aboriginal Art Site caves in the Great Victoria Desert.

WA - West Great Victoria Desert

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:55:00 GMT

This trek covers the western section of the Great Victoria Desert and is definately 4WD country. If you take this route you will follow in the footsteps of explorers Frank Hann, The Elder Expedition and Len Beadell.