Getting to the GTG from SEQ

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Mount Gambier has an airport with regular commercial flights, Its less than an hours drive from Beachport.

Cheers Andrew

And it has a dangerous kids slide at the McDonald's... It shoots you straight into a wall.

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Mount Gambier has an airport with regular commercial flights, Its less than an hours drive from Beachport.

Cheers Andrew

Actually Andrew... what's the chances there's an airport closer to the Bendleby Ranges than Adelaide.

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And it has a dangerous kids slide at the McDonald's... It shoots you straight into a wall.

Hmmm... probably designed by the same 'double income, no kids' landscape designer that revamped the Clevend playground.
I counted no less than 5 liabilities that only someone without kids would see as a 'good idea'.

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Actually Andrew... what's the chances there's an airport closer to the Bendleby Ranges than Adelaide.

The Bendleby Station has its own light plane airport.!

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The Bendleby Station has its own light plane airport.!

Gawde... After Zowie did her rural training stint in Roma, Injune Mitchell etc... she swore off light planes
She did say it was true country style that they used the ambulance sirens to clear the runway of kangaroos so the plane could land

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Mount Gambier has an airport with regular commercial flights, Its less than an hours drive from Beachport.

Thanks AJ! I found REX flights from MGB > MEL (~$160) and then Virgin flights MEL > OOL (~$150). This is a good option.

LFaR.

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Stop all this positive planning right now!!!! I am so jealous if you guys keep this up then I will just have to retire so that I can join in.

Not seeing ya on the tracks in SA at this point. Richo.

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Hi Matt,

I am relieved to see your comments about Google & their time requirements for some of these tracks, because according to them it's 14 hours & 19 mins to go from Windorah to Innamincka, a distance of 455 km. Some of the other legs seem too be fairly excessive in the times given also.

Traveling with young children, I would like to keep the daily legs to about 8 hours per day or less. Having never traveled these roads, nor talked to anyone who has, I have been a bit uncertain to do so, without another vehicle.

I will have to try & find some more information. Do you or anyone else have any pointers for me please?


Cheers
Lawrie

Hi Lawrie, Windorah to Birdsville is an all day trip and it is only 386ks, the roads past Windorah are graded gravel roads but they consist of massive rocks and corrigations, you should allow and average speed of 60kph max, so the trip to Innaminka would be an all day stint.

We did Tibooburra to Thargominda in a day but it was a biggie. If you are going past the Noccundra pub it is well worth a stop, if your plans happen to change there is free camping on the river opposite the pub that is nice as well.

Richo.

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Actually Andrew... what's the chances there's an airport closer to the Bendleby Ranges than Adelaide.

I am not 100% sure but I would think that Port Augusta would have a commercial airport, thats about an hour from Bendleby. Failing that Whyalla has an airport (well they did 30 years when I lived there) thats another hour past Port Augusta though.

Cheers Andrew

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Thanks AJ,

About $177 should get Zo from Radelaide to Port Augusta...
Maybe all hope isn't lost then

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Hi Lawrie, Windorah to Birdsville is an all day trip and it is only 386ks, the roads past Windorah are graded gravel roads but they consist of massive rocks and corrigations, you should allow and average speed of 60kph max, so the trip to Innaminka would be an all day stint.

We did Tibooburra to Thargominda in a day but it was a biggie. If you are going past the Noccundra pub it is well worth a stop, if your plans happen to change there is free camping on the river opposite the pub that is nice as well.

Richo.

Thanks Richo,

I saw on exploroz.com/TrekNotes that Longreach to Innamincka was 13 hours 39 mins @ an average speed of 62.98 km/h to be exact.

That fits in with what you have said about Windorah to Innamincka & that is good to hear / read.

I am still tweaking it a bit, but if we go that way (which I am really trying to do, so we can rendezvous at Innamincka with the "MOB") it should be all go, as I was planning a stop at Windorah so the last leg to Innamincka should be a bit less than 8 hrs driving time.
Thank you for the confirmation though, much appreciated.

You can't get work to fund a fact finding mission to Sth Oz to see what sport they do play there, can you????

I think that it's got something to do with "SAND" :wink:



Cheers
Lawrie

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Lawrie

If your staying at Windorah camping east of town on Coopers Ck is the go, classic spot I'll put a photo up.

Richo.


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+1. We camped on the Cooper when we headed out to the first GTG. It was a highlight of the trip. Not to mention, for a small town, Windorah has a surprising amount of stuff going on: Cooper creek, nature reserve, Red-red-red sand dunes at dusk, solar reflectors, interesting history. You'll be flat out fitting it all in .

LFaR.

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+1. We camped on the Cooper when we headed out to the first GTG. It was a highlight of the trip. Not to mention, for a small town, Windorah has a surprising amount of stuff going on: Cooper creek, nature reserve, Red-red-red sand dunes at dusk, solar reflectors, interesting history. You'll be flat out fitting it all in .

LFaR.

Not to miss the old blind guy that runs the servo and does your eftpos and knows how much fuel you put in, not sure how he does it but he does get a bit annoyed if you try to fool him with an incorrect amount

Richo.

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Thanks fellas,

This trip, even though it's still in the planning stage, is getting better & better.


Lawrie