Roads Signposted "Not Suitable for Caravans"

Hello Jenny,

Having towed our 13m BT rig on most "Ünsuitable for Caravans" signposted roads in NSW and Qld, the best advice I could give you is to adopt the following:-

1. Make enquiries with locals about the road, or put a question on the Explore Oz Forum.
2. Have your UHF on 40 and call up any truckies who may have been on the road.
3. Call "13m rig westbound (or whatever direction) on Wee Jasper-Tumut Road (or whatever the name of the road is), at regular intervals along the road..
4. Pick the best day of week/time of day. Usually weekdays are better as there are fewer hoons on the road, and the best time to travel the roads is around noon, or after 4pm. (When truckies (possibly timber jinkers) are at lunch or have gone home.Don't go during school holidays!
5. If there are signs which say that Caravans are not permitted (such as the Bridle Track between Bathurst and Hill End), don't even think about it!!
6. Look for signs that there has been trucks travelling on the road recently (e.g. Dual wheel tracks)
7. If you follow the above advice, you will most likely find some magic campsites.
8. Take your time and enjoy.

Others may have experiences which could add to the above.

Enjoy your travels................Rob

Been down plenty of those and other marked 'Fire Access"' only - Where's your spirit of adventure? You can alway turn round like I had to one when the 'road' turned into a lake. The big advantage of some of these tracks is the lack of 'tourists' LOL
John

I'm not bad at reversing but I don't relish the adventure of reversing a k or 3 back down (or worse up) a low range steep narrow winding track.
My advice is if you really want to go there and the terrain is steep, wet, heavily timbered,
Unhook and have a look solo.

We did that a few times in Tassie and found it was the right thing to do

Thanks for the advice each of you. We do have a sense of adventure and look forward to the unexpected challenge, but......

I seem to recall that even some of the routes (that is main roads, not tracks) from the NSW coast up into the Great Dividing Range are "Not Suitable....". Is there any way of finding that sort of information? Do any maps have them marked?

Not having towed our van very much, and enjoying a relaxing rather then stressful trip being our plan, I like to be forewarned where possible. Not to take the fun out of things, but not add difficulties that are not needed.

Thanks again

Hi Lindsay & Jenny,

We try to get advice before using the 'not suitable for caravans' roads.
If the road is used by trucks or tourist buses then it is suitable for a Bushtracker

Neil