Old Morgan mail road
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014 at 11:03
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Member - Brenton H (SA)
Would like to travel from
Adelaide to
Bindara Station in NSW later this year and the more straight line route would be along what I believe is known as the Old
Morgan mail road. If any one can give me the latest info on travelling this route such as- is it Public access or do I need to get permissions from stations along the route, condition of the roads etc etc. It goes from
Morgan via Balah, Canegrass, Pine Valley , Oakbank,
Loch Lilly, Hariedale, sth Ita and then meets the silver city highway.
I don't intend any stay overs ...unless I get stuck somehow, but that's unavoidable.
I read some directions recently from the Nanua races (2013) at
Kimberley stn that suggested intended travellers can take this route so I am assuming no problem with access??
Cheers
Brenton
Reply By: Member - Fab72 (Paradise SA) - Thursday, Feb 06, 2014 at 14:05
Thursday, Feb 06, 2014 at 14:05
G'Day Brenton,
When it's dry, it's an easy drive even in a Commodore. It is a
well maintained road, wide and very minimal corrugations. A bit dusty in
places but hey, it's pretty dry at the moment.
Camping in Dangalli is allowed although the usual Parks rules apply.
Lots of wild goats crossing the road so keep the pace down.
There's some brilliant
ruins which are a must see at Morganvale.
Fuel consumption won't be much different to your normal highway figures.
Enjoy the trip.
Fab.
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Friday, Feb 07, 2014 at 12:03
Friday, Feb 07, 2014 at 12:03
From Reply 3 - "For some reason, the closer that you get to Lochlilly, the road narrows a bit, bit it is still in good condition."
The thread took a few hours for the first reply so over lunch time I did a little playing with the trip planning on Google Maps. I found that the name Old
Morgan mail road finished around the northern entrance to Danggali CP (
Morgan Vale.) I could set destinations on the road going north from there up to a point where there was a T
intersection.
On the NSW side I could set destinations on the road from the Barrier Hwy to
Loch Lilly and south or it towards
Wentworth.
I could not set destinations along the road between the two sections. That must say something about what the authorities consider the importance of that connecting road. It's good to see Stephen can give some good reports on the road. I would have liked to be able to travel that track in March to get from
Wentworth and back to the Darling but I don't think there would be enough traffic along it for safety backup (no HF or sat phone.)
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Follow Up By: Member - Brenton H (SA) - Friday, Feb 07, 2014 at 13:01
Friday, Feb 07, 2014 at 13:01
Peter, do you mean the 47 Km section east of Oakbank out station to
Loch Lilly?
If so i wonder why?...it all looks the same on my Hema map.
I do think a Sat phone is a good investment these days if travelling in the outback. It got a friend of
mine out of trouble when his 100 series Diesel cruiser suddenly blew out clouds of black and white smoke and then stopped completely in an isolated area while on our way to the Simpson a few years back. Useing our sat phone we were eventually able to organize a rescue and got him back to the Toyota dealer in Pt.
Augusta several days later.
Turned out in the end to be just a loose wire to the fuel injection system which took them 4 days to diagnose. (lots of other expensive alternatives were postulated before they were convinced otherwise)
Just shows you don't need something catastrophic to cause a serious emergency when
miles from anywhere...especially in very hot weather.
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