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24-09-2009, 09:03pm
DUDE! I'm so excited for you, I LOVE that road. First thing to ask is how many kms you intend doing in a day. Don't know if you like big kms, but it is damn easy to just let the clicks disappear beneath the wheels. My suggestion from Darwin would be spend the first night in Three Ways (950ish kms). If you do, DO NOT get fuel there, go the extra 27kms to Tennant Creek. Get fuel when you see it. DO NOT stay in Tennant Creek under any circumstances, or Alice, or any of the towns really (specially not Barrow Creek). Erldunda is another place with dongers out the back, a shorter day, but nothing wrong with it and it has a pool.
Don't ride at night, that road isn't fenced. The longest leg for fuel is into Glendambo (which is do-able), but keep an eye on the crosswinds and speed, that will chew your fuel up far quicker than you expect. Plan ahead carefully so that you are off the road an hour before dark if you can, there is camels, cattle, donkeys, horses, emus and dingos, all watching you go past from various viewpoints including the middle of the road. Watch the wedgetail eagles, they take off into the wind. If that is the way you are travelling, you have to change your undies the first few times they use you as a ladder to get lift.
Cadney Homestead has shit accomodation, but very safe, also the best damn steak I've ever eaten. When I've been on that road I've avoided towns and stayed at homesteads, and never felt unsafe (even on my own). Keep an eye out for the grey nomads, they all talk so they know the good spots.
I don't know if you know what a donger is, I didn't the first time I was offered one. It is a box out the back with no aircon and covered in red dust. It us often dirty but cheap. You're only sleeping.
Can I come too???
Don't ride at night, that road isn't fenced. The longest leg for fuel is into Glendambo (which is do-able), but keep an eye on the crosswinds and speed, that will chew your fuel up far quicker than you expect. Plan ahead carefully so that you are off the road an hour before dark if you can, there is camels, cattle, donkeys, horses, emus and dingos, all watching you go past from various viewpoints including the middle of the road. Watch the wedgetail eagles, they take off into the wind. If that is the way you are travelling, you have to change your undies the first few times they use you as a ladder to get lift.
Cadney Homestead has shit accomodation, but very safe, also the best damn steak I've ever eaten. When I've been on that road I've avoided towns and stayed at homesteads, and never felt unsafe (even on my own). Keep an eye out for the grey nomads, they all talk so they know the good spots.
I don't know if you know what a donger is, I didn't the first time I was offered one. It is a box out the back with no aircon and covered in red dust. It us often dirty but cheap. You're only sleeping.
Can I come too???