Plenty Highway/Donohue Highway Current Condition

Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 14:15

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Plenty Highway

Part of the "Outback Way", the Plenty Highway is the most direct route from central Queensland across to Alice Springs in central Australia.

Plenty Highway

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Part of the "Outback Way", the Plenty Highway is the most direct route from central Queensland across to Alice Springs in central Australia.

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Hi, has anyone been on either of the above roads in the past week or so and can give a report on the surface conditions. Thanks

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Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 21:19

Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 21:19

Can’t help you with the Plenty, but the Donahue should only have around 84 kms of gravel left. Be surprised if the Plenty hasn’t had some repair work done on it.

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Follow Up By: Macquarie - Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021 at 08:35

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021 at 08:35

Thanks Bob Y that's a good help. I am presently at Alice Springs and intend to travel east via those two roads with a Ford Ranger and an off road van in a week or so. I have heard from a truck driver that there are no real problems, but he drives a road train and his perspective is different to mine.

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Reply By: rumpig - Thursday, Apr 22, 2021 at 21:49

Thursday, Apr 22, 2021 at 21:49

Will be hard to get a decent road report, one persons ok is another persons atrocious. I tried getting a road report for that same road several years ago, the variations in reports was from one end of the scale to the other (not bad to worst road they’d ever driven)...in the end the road was better then I expected it to be, even with it’s corrugations and bulldust holes.

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