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Tanami Road - Great Northern Hwy To Nt Border - WA

Wickhams Grevillea

Some long straight stretches

Wedge-tailed eagle

Grasslands are termite friendly

Road trains 53 metres in length

You can't miss this sign

Track,Road

Position

DEG: -18.55979 127.581362

DMS: 18º 33' 35.24" S 127º 34' 52.9" E

UTM: 52 K 7947290mN 350288mE

Altitude: 472.94m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Track,Road

Location

759.75kms SouthWest of Darwin - Driving 1234 km (14 hours 8 mins)

Address & Contact

Tanami Road
Sturt Creek WA 6770

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Length 307 km. Arguably this WA section has the better road conditions. Distant low ranges recede leaving the traveller on a plain in the NW corner of the Tanami Desert. Points of interest along the route shown in the photos. and in the Tanami Trek notes.

PlaceID	107821

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Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Halls Creek at 18/06:30am WST

Distance from Tanami Road - Great Northern Hwy To Nt Border 37.74km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
10.9°C	8.1°C	55%	2.2°C	1018.3hPa	0.0mm	ENE	6km/hr 3knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Halls Creek Airport

Distance from Tanami Road - Great Northern Hwy To Nt Border 37.74km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	36.8	35.6	35.3	33.8	29.9	27.2	27.2	30.0	34.0	37.1	38.3	37.8
Mean Min. °C	24.3	23.7	22.8	20.4	16.7	13.6	12.6	14.8	19.0	22.6	24.4	24.7
Mean Rain mm	150.7	143.0	82.7	21.4	12.8	5.4	6.0	1.9	4.6	17.8	37.4	82.2