Great Inland Road

[expanda]

Any one traveled the great inland road in the last 6 months Syd > Cairns?

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on road condition and if there is anything to be concerned about?

And does anyone know if there is an NSW equivalent of the great inland way like the QLD one?

Cheers all!

 

[chartrock]

And does anyone know if there is an NSW equivalent of the great inland way like the QLD one?

Cheers all!

Mate, I haven't done any of that one for quite a few years but the Great Inland Way runs from Sydney to Cairns so it includes NSW.

 

[expanda]

Yes but the QLD site doesn't list nsw !!

http://www.queenslandholidays.com.a...-journeys/highways/great-inland-way/index.cfm

It has a brochure with the map on it for NSW but has much more detail about QLD itself.

This has the latest for QLD

http://131940.qld.gov.au/Home.aspx

This has the latest for NSW -

http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/desktop.html

But it doesn't necessarily tell me whether the road is good !

 

[chartrock]

expanda, I would be waiting till just before I left to check road conditions but I can see your point about the difference of info supplied. It would make it easier to plan if you had some info on current conditions. Good luck with your planning.

 

[expanda]

Yep I think we will just have to wing it on the way up and take it as it comes.

We will have plenty of mobile devices / tablets and check out the conditions on the way up.

Ill just plan some escape points to get back to the coast in worst case scenario.

Route is planned out as per the below with some stops along the way.....


View larger map.

 

[Holden_man]

Hi expanda, Can I ask how you got that map in there, I would like to do the same for our upcoming trip to central Aus. Have had a bit of a crack without much luck. Thanks HM

 

[cruza driver]

Just do it expanda and see what its like

 

[cruza driver]

Hi expanda, Can I ask how you got that map in there, I would like to do the same for our upcoming trip to central Aus. Have had a bit of a crack without much luck. Thanks HM

Looks like he has dropped pins on the Google map then you can use the ''Snipping Tool" if your pc has it.

Click on the windows icon bottom left of screen(on windows) it should be in there this then enables you to take a screen shot of what ever is on the screen

As I have done below this is for windows but if you have a mac that might be question for someone else

 

[mfexpanda]

There is a qld site on road conditions http://131940.qld.gov.au/Road-Conditions.aspx its quite good gives you road works and crashes and hold ups on roads, If you are travelling inland the road from bileola and theodore etc was bumpy narrow and also watch out for mining trucks good idea to have uhf turned in as you might hear 6.7 north / sound bound on a particular road means a truck has a 6.7m wide coming a lot of time these large ones have police/ rta escort

 

[Holden_man]

Looks like he has dropped pins on the Google map then you can use the ''Snipping Tool" if your pc has it.

Click on the windows icon bottom left of screen(on windows) it should be in there this then enables you to take a screen shot of what ever is on the screen

As I have done below this is for windows but if you have a mac that might be question for someone else

View attachment 14045

Thanks CD,
we are a Mac family, the boss is much smarter than I, she sorted me with with a Utility called "grab" which did the job.
thanks for the reply.

HM

 

[expanda]

Thanks CD,
we are a Mac family, the boss is much smarter than I, she sorted me with with a Utility called "grab" which did the job.
thanks for the reply.

HM

cruza driver Holden_man wrongski sorry to disappoint

Two steps to do it like I have -

1) Create your google map and get the link to the map should be like this -

https://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msid=201433753266047350662.0004c49e7a0e630670c74&msa=0

2) Press the "Media" button which is the button next to the image button looks like a film strip and paste your link here

You can obviously just screenshot and upload your picture but its not interactive like mine where you can click the pins etc.

Let me know if you need a hand!

 

[Holden_man]

Sounds good expanda, would like to drop a count down timer into my trip post, so will give your instructions a go. Thanks Jas

 

[expanda]

Sounds good expanda, would like to drop a count down timer into my trip post, so will give your instructions a go. Thanks Jas

No problem mate, sounds like a few us will be far north over the next couple of months but in differing locals!!!!

Hope you have a great time!

 

[Holden_man]

Countdown timer doesn't seem to work, maybe because its not from the approved sites.

yep sounds like it, you guys all heading away from the cold

jas

 

[expanda]

Countdown timer doesn't seem to work, maybe because its not from the approved sites.

yep sounds like it, you guys all heading away from the cold

jas

What's the link for the timer?

 

[Holden_man]

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20130621T14&p0=928&fg1=ff605a&msg=HM's Trip to Central Australia

not sure how it would display, it looks pretty big on the page.

or this one may be a better size.

http://www.eventcountdown.com/web-countdown-clock.html#y_2013_m_06_d_21_h_14_mn_0_z_undefined_n_HM%27s%20Central%20Australia%20Trip