Condition of Birdsville track

Who has done Birdsville track in the last few weeks. We are doing it in a few days and just trying to get a feeling of conditions
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Reply By: Mark C9 - Monday, Jul 27, 2020 at 20:11

Monday, Jul 27, 2020 at 20:11
Call the birdsville pub or maree Pub for up to the minute info
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Follow Up By: Mark C9 - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 17:32

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 17:32
The reason I suggest you call the pubs is because the govt depts sometimes have less than accurate info. Last time I went up, the govt website said it was closed but I saw many vehicles go thru. I called the B/villes pub and the girl said that she did it the previous day and gave all of the issues incl bypass due to the floods
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Reply By: Sigmund - Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:04

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:04
Generally it's a 3 lane dirt highway.

Expect corrugations but they're less common than they used to be.

14mm of rain or more around Birdsville will see the roads in closed.http://www.thediamantina.com.au/road-conditions
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Reply By: Norm F - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 13:25

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 13:25


We did it in 1995 with road tyres, no ground clearance & rear wheel drive when it was a goat track! easy peasy!
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Michelle - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 14:05

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 14:05
Hey norm - why is there a watermarked email address on this photo? notablepics @ tpg etc etc
I love the pic - and would like to ask if you'd let us share it on the ExplorOz instagram page? I'd be betting most of the young kids on insta wouldn't believe it and that's one heck of a classic car!
We also travelled the BVI track in the '90s - but 3 or 4 years after this pic was taken and by then it was all 4WDs - although many people seemed to have a hard time with cornering on the gibber... quite a lot of speed related accidents sadly. We lived in Birdsville for 6 months in 1999 and it was eye-opening - day after day police would get called out to rollovers down the track yet find they were driving brand new 4WDs and brand new offroad campers that were well and truly capable of the job - IF driven to conditions.
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Follow Up By: Norm F - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 15:15

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 15:15


Whole Birdsville track in a 17 year old car in 1995!
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Follow Up By: Norm F - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 15:23

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 15:23
Hello Michelle, you are welcome to use the desert pic. as it is my pic. & watermark. the car was a 1978 Ford Falcon wagon, great car! That trip, Brisbane, Birdsville, Adelaide, Broken Hill, Louth, Brisbane all in 6 days! Norm F.... (was aussiedingo)
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 16:38

Wednesday, Jul 29, 2020 at 16:38
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Michelle, if I can find it I will send you a photo of my father and his brother, together with their wives who, in 1949, drove a brand new Vauxhall Velox from Adelaide to Perth and back along the old unsealed Eyre Highway.
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