Talawana Track, Windy Corner, Gary Highway, Sandy Blight Junction Road
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008 at 00:43
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Hi,
my name is Juergen, 4WD tourist from Germany. I currently plan a trip for September this year. I intend to travel on the Talawana track to
Windy Corner, then continue north on the Gary Highway to Kunnawaritji, before turning west towards
Kintore on the
Gary Junction Road. From
Kintore, I want to travel the
Sandy Blight Junction Road to Docker River.
I am looking for information, how long the trip from
Newman to
Windy Corner via the Talawana track would normally be (how many days are required to do it) and in which condition the track is. Has anyone in the
forum recently travelled the Talawana track to
Windy Corner? Regrettably, there are no trek infos available for this track in the trek section of exploroz.com, nor for the Gary Highway and the
Sandy Blight Junction Road.
What about the conditions on the Gary Highway north to Kunnawaritji? Problems with overgrowing spinnifex and corrugations or is it more comparable to the
Gunbarrel highway?
I would also be glad to hear something about the current conditions on the
Sandy Blight Junction Road.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help. Any information will be of great benefit to me.
Regards from bloody boring Dortmund/Germany (can't await to be in Oz again...),
Juergen
Reply By: equinox - Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008 at 22:30
Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008 at 22:30
Hi Juergen,
I almost did the complete Talawana last year from
Newman to
Windy Corner. The only bit I didn't do was the 57 kilometre section between the southern access tracks into
Rudall River National Park.
The total time to drive was 14 hours 57 minutes for a total of 600 kilometres. My average speed near the 57 kilometre section I didn't do was about 24 kilometres per hour. At that speed I should have done it in 2 hours 22 minutes.
Therefore had I done the complete section (
Newman to
Windy Corner) as per your request, I believe I could have done the 657 kilometres in 17 hours 19 minutes.
This is not taking into account stopping or sightseeing.
Cheers
Alan
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