OUTBACK 4WD ROAD TRIP TOUR BIRDSVILLE 2024
- Traveldriven
- Jun 17, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 28
DRIVE TO BIRDSVILLE
OUTBACK QUEENSLAND
Birdsville Track and Strzelecki Track. On this road trip spend two nights experiencing the renowned hospitality of the Birdsville Hotel. Birdsville is the most famous Outback town in all of Australia.
Our plan was to embark on this road trip in a Toyota Land Cruiser, starting from Adelaide, without a towed trailer or any additional vehicles. A small tour group of three organised by Desert Sky Tours in Adelaide, South Australia. Accommodations to be mainly in hotel units along the way. No camping.
Passing through Outback Flinders Ranges settlements and dots on a map. Names such as Mungerannie (Birdsville Track) and Innamincka in South Australia. Driving the full length of the famous Birdsville Track in Outback Queensland/South Australia and ascending Little Red and Big Red (100 feet in height sand dunes), on the edge of the Simpson Desert in Outback Queensland.
To get to Birdsville, driving outback towns of New South Wales, Tibooburra, Broken Hill, and through station country in outback South Australia. A return road trip of greater than 3,400 km (2,100 miles) with a few short detours to tourist sites. Over one third was to be driven on unsealed outback roads and tracks.
The outback tracks and roads can be life threatening to drive. Vehicle breakdowns do occur. Vehicles get bogged after infrequent rains. Review the tv news report below for the death of a young driver from extreme heat in a two car convoy. Both vehicles bogged in the Outback about one hundred km from the Northern Territory/Queensland border. January 17, 2024.
It's not uncommon for Birdsville weather forecasts during the summer months to have daily highs of 42 to 47 C (116 F). Most tourists travel the area in the cooler winter months.
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OUTBACK TRACKS 2024
HF RADIO IN VEHICLE FOR SAFETY
SATELLITE PHONE IN VEHICLE
FOR SAFETY
RECOMMENDED FOR VEHICLES TO CARRY TWO FULLSIZE SPARE TYRES
CHECKED & LOADED UP
4 WHEEL DRIVE V8
ROOFTOP LUGGAGE STORAGE ON TOP
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