Finke River drive to hermannsburg.

yeah you'll be fine! The road as you get closer to hermannsberg gets nastier and nastier.people are always towing out there. finke - kulgera (if you go that way) is not too bad of a run...not sure of the finke - alice (via chambers pillar????)....Bucky did that way....and plenty of others have.....

Laura

Yeah mate its no problem.
Just remember some patches of sand can be fairly soft in the summer months so if the weather is hot when your there, dont go in half heartedly.
If you do you might be digging for a while.

Cheers

Hi Pat
Like the others have said, when we were there it was very soft in patches when we were there some time ago now if you stopped you would have to have your tyres down to about 20 psi to get started again in places, you will enjoy the trip i would like to do it again one day.

Mattie

Soon I am just about to find out. Have not been there yet but the wife and I will be driving down the Finke river as part of our treck on our way across to the west and back in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to it to. Regards Tony

At times there can be considerable water to ford, depending on the season. Couple of years back I went through with a small group - couple of HD camper trailers in tow - it was dry as a bone - we didn't cross any water at all - as mentioned above there can be some lengthy sections of deep, very soft sand......we got down to around 18 psi in the tyres I think - trailers too of course - no problems - we had a stock 04 Subaru forester with us too - touch and go in the deeper sand (clearance) but he made it through ok. A great drive up there.

Sorry, Forgot to add, Boggy Hole is pretty low and slimey at the moment.
There is a better place to camp further South. If you dont know it...send me an MM.

Cheers

Thanks for the replies. I'm heading there in three weeks or so and will obviously watch weather conditions etc..


Hairy (NT) I'm not camping along that stretch, just passing through on the way to Glen Helen Station.

Don't undertestimate the BoggY hole track. Do you have a VHF radio? People regularly get stuck in there for some time and bits of it can be very soft, especiall as you have a trailer. The signs at the ends of this track recommend that you advise the Rangers when you are going through and when yhou anticipate coming out and that you notify them when you are out. I think this is a worthwhile insurance policy.

Pat

Have done the track a number of times in different directions and have never had a problem

The biggest problem could be that travellers do not drop the tyre pressures.

18psi for the 4by and 15psi for the trailer will see you idle through this scenic drive


Cheers

Hairy
Oh yeah, it should have been HF.
I haven't done that track for maybe 4 years and appreciate your update on the rebuild.

i did it with my Tvan a couple of years ago in late november. it had been extremely hot so the sand was very soft. but i had no problems. i still believe it was the best camp site ive been.
you may need to camp there as the track can take a long time. it would be a very long day to glen helen. i think it would have taken me about 9 hours from south to north and its a couple from hermensberg to glenhellen