Three state ride details

[GregMember]

Day one ride details, directions for map roller

Details are from Condo to Ivanhoe for overnight stay, ride is starting from outside Parkes but not sure of location exactly and Chicken and I (maybe crash) will pre run that and more in Feb

Details from Condo fuel stop to Ivanhoe

Zero trip meter from Shell servo, turn left onto Bathurst road

.1 km turn right onto Melrose street

2.0 kms cross railway CSO

2.1 kms road on left, turn left

2.9 kms cross road CSO

3.7 kms dirt track on left enter track

6.5 kms road crosses railway CSO

9.3 road crossing CSO

13.7 kms road crossing CSO

18.9 kms road crossing CSO

20.3 kms road crossing CSO

32 kms sheds on left and road crossing CSO

Town ahead Euabba

72 kms kms road crossing turn left leave railway service track onto Euabba st travel to the end of the street T intersection and turn right

Cross railway and turn left onto service road

ZERO trip meter

13.4 kms railway line junction from the left CSO

16.5 kms Wallantnery Rd crossing, meet 4w4 drive for break,

ZERO trip meter

18 .5 kms road on right CSO

20.5 kms track on left CSO

25.2 kms road on right CSO

Pass Multipule roads and tracks CSO

30 kms cross Kidman way rd, 4w4 now travels paraell with the service line now for sometime

ZERO trip meter

23 .5 kms cross unnamed rd

30.2 kms road crossing CSO

36.6 kms road crossing CSO

41.4 kms road crossing CSO and rail junction on left

55.7 kms road crossing Trida Rd CSO

83.6 kms road crossing Willandra st CSO

84.6 kms road crossing Willandra st again CSO

90.5 kms road crossing CSO

100.9 kms road crossing CSO

108 kms road crossing CSO

113.2 kms road crossing CSO

150.9 kms Cobb Hwy turn right towards Ivanhoe

152.7 kms Kennedy St, turn right Caltex servo on right half a
Block meet to fuel

Overnight stay on Ivan Hoe

Accommodation details

Ivanhoe Hotel
Columbus Street
Ivanhoe NSW 2878
Australia

Thats just day one, stay tuned for more, please if your interested please post your interest on this thread it will be a once in a life time adventure.

TB

[GregMember]

Day two Route instructions

Zero trip meter at intersection of Cobb Hwy and Balranald Rd. Head along Balranald rd

1.9 kms railway crossing CSO

2.0 kms after crossing railway dirt road on right, turn right

45 kms railway line meets road and runs along side, can meet 4w4 drive here if needed

101.3 kms Railway crossing Karpakora Rd CSO

171.5 kms Railway crossing unnamed road meet 4w4 for break, morning tea

Zero trip meters

17.5kms Railway crossing turn left and head into Menindee

18.1 kms bridge over the river CSO

Caltex fuel stop Perry st, Menindee

Travel back to Bridge traveled across river coming into town and Zero trip meter on leaving the bridge

1.2 kms road on left turn left and quick right to run parallel to road

2.0 – 2.1 kms track on left at start of corner once on track take first left take apex of the corner
There are two tracks close together leaving main dirt road, check view

Zero trip meter

Warning keep to the left as track goes off to the left at the start

.7 kms tracks on right and left CSO

.9 to 1 kms track of to the right, turn right

1.65 kms track on left CSO

4.8 kms track on right CSO

6.3 kms T intersection turn left

6.8 kms road on right, turn right

7.0 kms tracks left and right CSO

7.3 kms Y in road keep left

7.5 kms inter keep right

7.9 kms track enters from left keep right

8.2 kms T inter Main road turn left

Zero trip meter

.3 kms Y junction turn right

.4 track on left, turn left

2.3 kms cross roads, major dirt road turn right

4.3 kms road enters on right

11.3 track on left CSO,
GPS reference check
32”18’32.26”S 142o 36’52.81” E

16.1 kmsroad on left turn left into T inter
Turn right

22.7 cross road, tracks left and right, turn right

23.0 kms join bigger track on right

34.1 kms tracks left and right CSO

60.0 kms Sheds, house on left CSO

76.0 kms tracks left and right CSO
GPS reference point to check correct track
31’56’40.32”S 143’02’57.07” E

92.5 property / houses etc on the left CSO

112.5 kms cross roads CSO

129.9 kms T inter, Barrier Hwy turm left SP
Wilcannia

137.6 kms Bridge over river CSO

137.9 kms Shell Servo on left, fuel and have a
Break
Zero trip meter at servo, turn left towards Broken hill
On Barrier Hwy

0.9 kms on right Opal miners way, turn right
SP White Cliffs 93kms

Follow road to White Cliffs for over night stay

Accommodation to be sorted

[shaneMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Follow road to White Cliffs for over night stay

Accommodation to be sorted

The Underground Motel? unless you want something flash…or something closer to the pub. Haven’t stayed at the pub before.

[GregMember]

Yes thought the pub would be the go or maybe would continue up the road and camp to get closer to the corner, will depend on the 4w4 keeping up
Also at this stage we havent camped so a night out maybe good, when we have our meeting at we can all work it out

TB

[GregMember]

I meet a guy today that has ridden out there and recommended we ride from Cameron Corner back to Broken Hill via the dog fence, he was saying that the fence has a service track (twin trail) with alot of sand dunes and good riding. If we do this it would give us a different way to get back to Menindee.

[shaneMember]

I don’t know the dog fence but from town to Menindee you can do the service road which follows the water pipes from the Lakes.

[JohnMember]

shane_vor wrote:

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Well, what about a black tie event…I’ve seen reports of black tie events being held out in the middle of nowehere…

Black tie? You belter!:woohoo: You have never BOUGHT a tie let alone a black one! Besides you don’t need an excuse to drink… you just need a place!:silly: :blink:

Boss,

I know I’m new around here, but I spent a couple of years with work out west and to tell you the truth your doing far too much work on the route business.

Get an NRMA Far Western NSW map, they cover pretty much everything you would travel on out there. Planned my first ever trip out there with one and it was faultless, I bought the 1:100 000 topo maps but they had far too much info to be useful. I also have an electronic copy of Hema Maps covering the area west of Menindee/White Cliffs all the way across to the Canning Stock Route (maybe not this trip).

Shane VOR would probably support the above as he was my PM (he “refreshed” himself each lunch time)navigator on the first ever trip!

Any who sounds like a good idea, but I’m telling you that it’s freezing out there overnight in July! May be more comfortable in September…

That’s my $0.02 worth, count me in as a probable. I know that time may be tight but there are a few things to see at Menindee if the timings are right.

Oh yeah, a date locked in would be handy so that I can organise my annual leave at work! They like to know what’s happening 12mths in advance…

I’ll keep an eye on this one!

[GregMember]

Hi jtb2879

Yes you are right about the things you talked about and yes I have maps and will get the NRMA ones, you would have noticed that I have only included 6 days for the 7 day trip as we can go and do things and see things there is nothing and will be nothing set in concrete. We will also be having 3 or 4 meetings or get togethers so we can all sit down and help organise this ride. I need help to work out a route from white cliffs to the corner and need people like yourself to be as active as you can be.

Shane is talking about providing the 4w4 drive, Mac the trailer etc. Do you live near the Sydney area?

A date for the ride will be set after we have our first get together and we will do that in Jan 2009. Keep putting forward any ideas and input

Cheers TB

[JohnMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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I meet a guy today that has ridden out there and recommended we ride from Cameron Corner back to Broken Hill via the dog fence, he was saying that the fence has a service track (twin trail) with alot of sand dunes and good riding. If we do this it would give us a different way to get back to Menindee.

Don’t wish to be a party pooper (but I will be) last I’d heard was that riding the dog fence had legality issues. I don’t know about you but a shed load of blokes on bikes and a green and white Toyota Hilux running a special test down the fence may just bring some unwanted attention…

[GregMember]

I have a bloke from silverton looking into it for me, talking to one of the property owners as well. Do you think we are allowed to travel the railway service line? No of course not, but its a relaxed issuse out there, also the 4w4 drive wont be with us 90% of the time so we dont have to worry about that.

[JohnMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Do you think we are allowed to travel the railway service line? No of course not, but its a relaxed issuse out there…

The railway line access track IS a relaxed issue out there! But when there are signs regularly posted along the dog fence stating that it is an offence to travel along the track… that’s another issue again.

Both the railway access and the dog fence are straight dirt roads, therefore I fail to see the attraction?

Perhaps we might be able to ride “cross country” through properties that get in the way?

[GregMember]

I will get us to White cliffs, what do you have in mind for white cliffs to the corner and onto broken hill, we can follow the water pipes to Menindee.

Where did you say you are from? are you close to sydney?

[JohnMember]

Mate,

I’m just down the road these days… Richmond.

As for getting to White Cliffs…

I note from a map you showed earlier and the route that you had posted that you were travelling Ivanhoe >> Menindee >> Wilcannia (via the West Wilcania Rd) >> west on Barrier Hwy turn right onto a dirt Rd >> White Cliffs Rd.

I note that you are going in both directions via Menindee. My thoughts would be

Ivanhoe >> Wilcannia >> White Cliffs >> Milparinka >> Tibooburra >> Cameron Corner via Middle Road & Fort Grey

NOT REALLY CRASH HOT ON THIS INTERWEBBY BUT IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW IT SHOULD TAKE YOU TO THE ROUTE I SUGGEST ABOVE. RETURN WILL BE VIA MENINDEE AND THE WEST WILCANNIA ROAD ISN’T WORTH THE HASSLE OF RIDING 215KM FROM IVANHOE TO RIDE IT.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&saddr=Cobb+Hwy&daddr=Unknown+street+to:Unknown+street+to:-29.000934,140.999222&hl=en&geocode=FdCLCv4dlGWZCA%3BFYoQRf4dJehvCA%3BFf2HQ_4dmE9vCA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=2&mrsp=3&sz=13&sll=-29.010843,141.06823&sspn=0.067855,0.175095&ie=UTF8&ll=-30.760719,141.427002&spn=4.266546,11.206055&z=7

There is another option north out of White Cliffs to the Tibooburra/Wanaaring Rd. But I think this one will be just fine…

I’ll go and play with Google maps again and show a proposed route for return.

[GregMember]

Yeah that works great and would be a good way out there and you could lead us from Ivan hoe to the corner, what sort or tracks/ terrain are we talking about?
Yeah the railway service lines follow a straight line but are not dead straight them selfs and are 100 times better than a dirt road wouldnt you say?

Then we can get back to Broken Hill, down the water pipe or railway to Menindee and railway to parkes

Richmond is good and close, say how did you find us here?

[JohnMember]

Return Trip

Cameron Corner >> Tibooburra (via the main road/track) >> Packsaddle >> Broken Hill >> Silverton >> Mundi Mundi Plain lookout (you cannot travel out there and not go to the Silverton Pub [used to have accommodation] and then out to the Mundi Mundi Plain where parts of Mad Max 2 were filmed)

Return to Broken Hill >> Menindee Road to a point where it crosses the transcontinental railway line (about 3-4km out of town)TURN LEFT onto the railway access track:woohoo:

Travel along the track until you sight the large diametre white waterpipe (map will be on the next post when I’ve knocked one out)

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&saddr=Unknown+street&daddr=Unknown+street+to:Silver+City+Hwy+to:Silverton+Rd+to:Unknown+street+to:-31.971168,141.498671&hl=en&geocode=FbSARf4dSIRnCA%3BFeWuPv4dSst2CA%3BFSqIGP4dkIpuCA%3BFX57Gf4dJN5qCA%3BFYTXGv4di2FqCA%3B&mra=mi&mrcr=4&mrsp=5&sz=14&sll=-31.967819,141.515064&sspn=0.032912,0.054932&ie=UTF8&ll=-30.249577,142.042236&spn=4.289009,7.03125&z=7

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