Sturt Trip

Does not answer your question, but I reckon this site would have a free download of Sturt's original logs.
https://www.gutenberg.org/
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Aust Outback Tracks 1M fromWestprint Maps has approximate routes taken by early explorers, including Sturt. Apart from that, I find it an excellent map to give the big picture while touring.

I don't know if it's available as a paper map, but it is in digital, but only in OziExplorer format (.ozf4). It has excellent notes and IIRC you get a collection of additional PDF notes about places, tracks and explorers.

Here's a partial screenshot of the NW corner of NSW. The buff-coloured line is Sturts approximate path. The grey one is Burke & Wills.

Thank you both for your help. I'll look into the suggestions.

Are you planning on visiting Annandale ruins west of Birdsville?

This is the area where Sturt turned around and did not venture further into the Simpson. It was very fortunate that the party did retrace their steps, or it would have been a case of an explorer never being heard of again

I visited the site last year, the original emblazed tree with the date is still there 1845, where his 2nd in command James Poole lies buried, that makes this Acacia tree well over 170 years old, for it would have been a mature tree when the date was carved so over 200 years old. It was in seed as well.

Make sure who have a copy of Sturt's diary.
It's easy to find and well sign posted, we just used a Hema map book of AU.


Steve

Thanks everyone for the help.

We won't be going to Annandale, we went there in 2018 & photographed the small sign there marking Sturts presence at that point.

I'm out there next June and as usual research and planning is all part of the fun for us.
This forum has been invaluable in providing information from the well travelled and Michelle from admin. Start looking for the post. Map and all.
The run south is 2WD, caravans the lot ................ in the dry. Personally some ground clearance and two diffs are always good for unpredictable country.

My first move was to get a book on Sturt's Expedition. If your into history and trip knowledge; get this;

"To the Inland Sea
Charles Sturt's Expedition 1844-45"
by Edward Stokes.

Cheers

Thoroughly recommend stopping at Tibboburra NP office in the main street. They have a physical re-enactment of the party, including horses and horsemen, bullock teams and sheep. You quickly see why the indigenous threw spears at them. They would have trampled a 1km wide path through the bush, and drank all the water in creeks.