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This is a mid-week trip for those available comprising a drive exploring local tracks in the Paddys River, Pierces Ck Forest and Bullen Range areas.

Possibly some low range use required.

Start and finish point Murrays Corner picnic area (sth of the Cotter) meeting at 9am for a morning tea greet and start and returning later for a BYO picnic lunch. BBQs available.

• No supplies
• Swimming
• Dog friendly
• Other (note below)

Toilets & BBQ @ picnic area. Blackberry’s grow in area, vehicle scratches possible. Dogs on lead?

Qualifying Trip: This trip is open to visitors as a membership “qualifying trip”. Visitor’s name, phone contact (mobile) and email should be emailed to Website Manager.

This trip is now scheduled to occur on Sunday 21 April.

This trip was originally scheduled to occur on Sunday 7 April.
Due to track closures resulting from the recent hazard reduction burns and recent high rainfall which would have resulted in damage to the tracks it was decided to reschedule.

This will be a day trip into the Brindabella National Park.

Close to Canberra, and whether you’re a new or an old hand, it’s a chance to enjoy a day driving through the bush with some local fauna and flora.

The tracks we’ll take are TBC at this stage (we have a couple of options), but we’ll have an extended lunch break at Lowell’s Flat on the Goodradigbee River, so bring your camp chair.

There will be time to light the bbq, relax, and enjoy the river.
We’ll take the short route out, with a small detour to drive up to the top of Mt Coree. Hopefully the weather will be kind and we’ll get some good views.

A vehicle with low range and reasonable ground clearance is needed. The need for recovery is very unlikely, but bring your recovery gear just in case.

Please bring water, lunch, and snacks as there are no servicews available during the day.

There is an opportunity to go for a swim, so bring your swimmers and towel.

Trip Grade: Medium

Trip Leader: Simon Nickson

This trip is open to visitors as a membership “qualifying trip”. Visitor’s name and email should be emailed to Website Manager.

We will depart from Williamsdale, opposite the old service station at 09:30 on Anzac Day and head down in a loose convoy to Tom Groggin.

Topping up tanks is recommended at Jindabyne as this will be the last reliable fuel for the weekend. Traveling further south we will cross the Murray at Tom Groggin and head up the Tom Groggin Track, across to Mt Pinnibar and make camp at Gibsons Hut for the evening.

Friday morning we will head east and check out the Greens creek mining area and the shore of lake Dartmouth. If time permits we will head into Buchan for a look before returning to camp at Gibsons hut for another night.

Saturday we will head over in the general direction of Charlies Creek and depending on the weather we might head down the Kings Plain Track for a night on the river before breaking camp and heading home Sunday.

The trip leader is subject to being influenced by participants on camp sites and we have lots of choices so if anyone wants to do anything in particular let me know. We could skip the second night at Gibsons Hut and head across Limestone road and camp at The Poplars or Limestone creek as an alternative.

Trip Leader: Ian Toten (Ph:0419 419 271, email: tote@rathluba.com)
Alternate Leader: Nicole Toten

Trip Distance 500-749km

Trip Grading: Difficult

• Remote Area
• Extra Fuel Required
• Only Limited Supplies

Qualifying Trip: This trip is open to visitors as a membership “qualifying trip”. Visitor’s name, phone contact (mobile) and email should be emailed to Website Manager.

The Outback Way (Australia’s Longest Shortcut) is a route between Laverton in WA and Winton in Qld.

https://outbackway.org.au/

The distance from Laverton to Winton is 2,720km.  There is currently around 1400km of unsealed road, and that is reducing with the aim of having a fully sealed road by 2031.  And for those who are keen you could always start in Perth and finish in Cairns, a total of 4,615kms.

This trip is being led by Ian Voerman, assisted by John Reis.

Starting in Laverton on 29 May and finishing in Winton on 16 June.

Some people do this trip in around 10 days, but in order to truly enjoy the journey the trip is planned to take around 3 weeks.

Possible itinerary is to spend 2 additional nights at Yalara, 2 additional nights at Kings Canyon, 3 additional nights at Glen Helen and 4 additional nights in Alice Springs.

The maximum distance between fuel stops is around 300kms, so no need for jerry cans. 

In the WA section permits are required to travel through aboriginal lands, with no permits required in the NT or QLD sections.

This trip is limited to 6 vehicles. 

RSVPs are now open for this trip….

The Outback Way (Australia’s Longest Shortcut) is a route between Laverton in WA and Winton in Qld.

https://outbackway.org.au/

The distance from Laverton to Winton is 2,720km.  There is currently around 1400km of unsealed road, and that is reducing with the aim of having a fully sealed road by 2031.  And for those who are keen you could always start in Perth and finish in Cairns, a total of 4,615kms.

This trip is being led by Ian Voerman, assisted by John Reis.

Starting in Laverton on 29 May and finishing in Winton on 16 June.

Some people do this trip in around 10 days, but in order to truly enjoy the journey the trip is planned to take around 3 weeks.

Possible itinerary is to spend 2 additional nights at Yalara, 2 additional nights at Kings Canyon, 3 additional nights at Glen Helen and 4 additional nights in Alice Springs.

The maximum distance between fuel stops is around 300kms, so no need for jerry cans. 

In the WA section permits are required to travel through aboriginal lands, with no permits required in the NT or QLD sections.

This trip is limited to 6 vehicles. 

RSVPs are now open for this trip….

Leaving Alice Springs mid July 2024 – heading west via the Gary Junction ‘Highway’, visiting Rudall River National Park, Karijini, Newman, and hitting the coast at Exmouth.  Then heading south along the Coral Coast to Perth (arriving in Perth late August).

Some may want to leave the trip here, while others may wish to join us exploring the South West of WA, including Albany and Esperance.

Then heading back home via the Nullarbor.

Expecting to be back in Canberra late September

Parts of this trip are on narrow hard 4WD tracks and the trip is therefore not appropriate for towing.

Limit of 6 vehicles

Leaving Alice Springs mid July 2024 – heading west via the Gary Junction ‘Highway’, visiting Rudall River National Park, Karijini, Newman, and hitting the coast at Exmouth.  Then heading south along the Coral Coast to Perth (arriving in Perth late August).

Some may want to leave the trip here, while others may wish to join us exploring the South West of WA, including Albany and Esperance.

Then heading back home via the Nullarbor.

Expecting to be back in Canberra late September

Parts of this trip are on narrow hard 4WD tracks and the trip is therefore not appropriate for towing.

Limit of 6 vehicles

Leaving Alice Springs mid July 2024 – heading west via the Gary Junction ‘Highway’, visiting Rudall River National Park, Karijini, Newman, and hitting the coast at Exmouth.  Then heading south along the Coral Coast to Perth (arriving in Perth late August).

Some may want to leave the trip here, while others may wish to join us exploring the South West of WA, including Albany and Esperance.

Then heading back home via the Nullarbor.

Expecting to be back in Canberra late September

Parts of this trip are on narrow hard 4WD tracks and the trip is therefore not appropriate for towing.

Limit of 6 vehicles