Maitland to Charters Towers

Ray
Within NSW it will be a case of what roads are open with flooding
use Live Traffic to see what's open in NSW, I know the road from Narrabri to Moree is open, not sure about Moree to Goondi. A farmer who lives 40km south of Goondi told me two weeks ago before the last flood that the Newell has really suffered with potholes from the flooding. Most main roads north of there are open. The alternative is Tamworth to Warialda to North star to Goondi, route not as flat though as the Newell, which should mean less prone to prolonged flood closures. There is a small CP at North Star for an overnight stop, that's about 500km from Maitland
Between 35 to 15mm is forecast for NW NSW and the western Downs next Monday night, that may change things.
The route form Moree to Mungindi onto Roma may still have floodwaters on it and shut
If Emerald is a planned stop, the CP at Lake at Fairbairn Dam 30km south of Emerald was good a few years ago.

Ray,
We travel from Dubbo to Townsville most years for family reasons and prefer to use the Great Inland Way. This year we left Dubbo on 23 August and crossed the Q'ld border at Hebel, making our way along that route to Cleremont , Charters Towers and Townsville. The road conditions were very good then (quality bitumen all the way). When we ultimately left Townsville on 1 October, we came home much the same way, and the road was still in very good condition . We arrived home on 6 October - just before widespread rain saturated central and southern Q'ld, and most of NSW, and it seems to have continued ever since. I suggest you will need to research road conditions very carefully because of that.
Shortly after getting home we heard a number of horror stories from reliable sources about the condition of the highway around Moree, with many tyres (and rims) being destroyed by very large potholes that could not be avoided in time.
We stayed in Caravan Parks in Dirranbandi, Surat, Rolleston, Injune, Theresa Creek Dam, and Dalrymple Tourist Park in Charters Towers and were happy with all of them.
Obviously there are other ways you could go, but I suspect minor roads (including those with a single strip of bitumen) should be avoided because of the recent adverse weather, and with more to come. I doubt that any parts of the Great Inland Way would be closed for any length of time, but I could be completely wrong. Finally, whichever way you go, I suggest you look at this site: http://131940.qld.gov.au - it is excellent.

Roger.

I've done that trip a few times, I turn off the New England HWay at Willowtree and go to Gunnedah, Narrabri and directly north from there. It is flatter, so probably a bit easier to pull a van.

Moree and Goodndiwindi have copped a flogging from the floods though and quite a few roads are marked as still closed. My sister drove up to Brisbane from Narrabri yesterday, so I don't know how accurate the road closures are.

I'd add StGeorge to the route Google Maps Link and stop at Nindagully Queenslands oldest pubPub for the night. Free camping by the creek, hot showers at the pub and a good feed can also be had.