How rough is the Plenty Highway?

The Plenty Highway is everything you would expect of an Outback dirt road, it’s a remote relatively flat run through some of the most isolated area’s in the country. It’s a harsh tough landscape and the only thing tougher than the land out here is the people that inhabit it.

How much of the Plenty Highway is sealed?

The first 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Stuart Highway to Ongeva Creek is sealed. The remaining 178 kilometres (111 mi) to Jervois Homestead is unsealed as is the rest of the track to Boulia.

Is the Plenty Highway suitable for caravans?

The trip ends in Boulia where you will find a great caravan park by the Burke River. The township offers reliable fuel and basic supplies. Its a welcome relief from the dry conditions of the Plenty Highway. If you’re considering taking a camper or caravan yourself, take it easy and you’ll get through.

What condition is the Plenty Highway?

The road is mostly unsealed running through some of the most isolated area’s in the country. The first 100km (Stuart Highway to Ongeva Creek) is sealed. The rest is a well maintained dirt road.

Is the road from Alice Springs to Boulia sealed?

Australia’s Longest Shortcut doesn’t start in the way it means to carry on. In fact, it’s a sealed road the entire way between Winton and Boulia.

Is route 83 sealed?

The Barkly Highway is a national highway of both Queensland and the Northern Territory in Australia. It is the only sealed road between Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Is the road sealed from Boulia to Alice Springs?

Is the Kennedy Development road bitumen?

Route description Past Mount Garnet, the Kennedy Highway has several long sections of single lane bitumen. The section between The Lynd Roadhouse junction at Conjuboy and Hughenden is mostly unsealed and is also known as the Hann Highway.

How long is the plenty Hwy?

305.7 miPlenty Highway / Length

Is the road from Birdsville to Bedourie sealed?

Around 30 kilometres of dirt road between Bedourie and Birdsville will be sealed with $14.5 million of works on the Eyre Developmental Road now underway. “These works stake us another step forward to fully sealing the 185-kilometre link between Bedourie and Birdsville,” Minister Bailey said.

Is the road from Emerald to Charters Towers sealed?

As of 2015, the first 120 kilometres between the Gulf Developmental Road via Einasleigh to the Lynd Junction are unsealed and may be corrugated. The next section to Charters Towers has been upgraded from single lane to mostly dual-laned bitumen. The road is used by many road trains.