Border Track - above Renmark to sea
Submitted: Monday, Mar 31, 2008 at 22:09
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Trev (SA)
Hi all,
I am thinking about a 3-4 day trek for a few vehicles and looking for something different.
Have done the
Pinnaroo - Bordertown leg of the
Border track a number of times and also dabbled on the legs above
Pinnaroo (
Renmark) and below Bordertown.
Looking to take a trek following the border as close as possible (just for something to do) from the Murray above
Renmark to the coast. I know there is a need to deviate a bit above
Pinnaroo. I am most interested in any information regarding the stretch south from Frances as the maps I have do not show any consistent track along the border south of there.
Thanks in advance for help
Trevor
Reply By: John R (SA) - Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:45
Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:45
From Frances south you will have to shadow the border. You'll always be within 2 or 3 km of it.
About 50km due south of Frances you'll hit the Penola-Langkoop road, where you will be able to return to the border.
It is for a stretch a sand track through scrub, then becomes gravel and at times bitumen.
At the Penola-
Casterton road, you will again have to take a small detour around private property, but only for a few km.
From there south my knowledge is limited to what I see on the map, but it should be a pretty clear run through to the coast. That country is mostly pines, so I would be quite confident of sticking to the border if I was doing it.
Hope that's of some help. Sing out if you want more detail.
Cheers,
JR
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Reply By: Mr Pointyhead - Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:40
Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:40
I did the
Little Desert part over
easter, from North to South. It is a bit tricky finding the northern end coming down from
serviceton, because if you follow the border road south, you come to a deadend with a far
gate on the western side of the road.
I doubled back and found the road into the
little desert park (Via Cooks road I think). I then worked my way over to the
border track, then headed north to try and find the beginning of it.
When I got to the northern end of the track in
little desert, according to my GPS I was only about 500 meters or so from where I stopped and Turned back on the road. Also, there was a
gate to the west and a track heading north through the paddock that looks like it joins up with the
gate at the end of the road south from
serviceton. All this
gate had on it was a "Please shut the gate"
sign, so I assume it would be Ok to connect up. This
map and
border photoshows the area I am talking about
Does anyone know if you can get through ?
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Follow Up By: Mr Pointyhead - Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 18:31
Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 18:31
The most southern point I got to on the road south from
serviceton was
Lat: 36.461963 S
Long: 140.968127 E
The most northern point to got to in
Little desert on the
border track was
Lat: 36.466115 S
Long: 140.968172 E
Do if you load the points up on google maps or a gps you will see how close they are together.
The way I got into the park was NOT via Cooks road as it had a
gate. I had to go back to Leeor Road. I then went across the Northern Break, down Cooks road, across to Blackboy track, down Blackboy to Elliots Track, then along Elliots Track to the border. I found the driving reasonably easy (for anyone who has done some sand driving), except where there are few dried out bog holes that would be hard to get through after rain.
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Reply By: Dasher Des - Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:54
Tuesday, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:54
Trev,
You can't actually start from the river and proceed south.
We did a club trip a couple of years ago and someone knew the owner who took us via tracks to the actual
border marker on the rivers edge. Cliffs stop you from following the border and you then need to take the Lindsay Point road to the border. You could travel north for a short distance but you are on Private Property.
From the Lindsay Point Road it is an easy run down to the Sturt Highway. There is a couple of interesting things to see on the way down. There is a stone cairn right on the edge of the road that has something to do with the original survey and a bit further down, the boundary has a dog leg in it where it is possible to stand in SA and look westwards into Victoria. Another surveying area.
There is also a book co written by
John Deckert of Westprint maps called the disputed border which makes interesting reading.
The track should be open all the way if not this weekend, then definitely the next weekend.
I think the SA4WDA are having a working bee on the track over the Anzac weekend in the area south of
Pinnaroo.
Have a good trip
Des
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