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General Category => LONG DISTANCE RIDING, Proper preparation, Safety and Tips => Topic started by: spanner on November 15, 2019, 04:00:10 PM

Title: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: spanner on November 15, 2019, 04:00:10 PM
Looking for the shortest and or quickest route from Townsville to Adelaide on SEALED roads.

On the attached map is the road sealed all the way?
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: Bodø on November 15, 2019, 04:15:43 PM
The route from Adelaide to Cunnamulla is sealed the whole way.  Hopefully someone else can advise on the Cunnamulla to Townsville portion.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: Brookester on November 15, 2019, 04:29:18 PM
Yeah you may have to adjust to go via Cunnumulla as from memory your route goes Warry Gate Road which is a mix of sealed/unsealed south of the Noccundra Hotel
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: alans1100 on November 15, 2019, 05:00:28 PM
I'll put up a route on my Rider 450 and set it up as shortest route and avoiding known dirt/gravel roads But at a guess it would via Bourke.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: alans1100 on November 15, 2019, 05:21:22 PM
I'll put up a route on my Rider 450 and set it up as shortest route and avoiding known dirt/gravel roads But at a guess it would via Bourke.


This is the route my GPS came up with https://goo.gl/maps/cKNAH2LqKGbFn24q8

and this one for the most economical https://goo.gl/maps/YieMJzi9pK4hMg2y5 which happens to be shorter as well.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: West Aussie Glen on November 16, 2019, 06:04:57 AM
Think you will find all the info about QLD roads here:-
https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/guide-to-queensland-roads (https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/guide-to-queensland-roads)
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: spanner on November 16, 2019, 11:27:48 PM
I'm more worried about the NSW and SA roads as I've not been down that way before.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: West Aussie Glen on November 17, 2019, 03:49:39 PM
You can always zoom in on Google maps and look at the road
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: Bodø on November 17, 2019, 03:57:33 PM
You can always zoom in on Google maps and look at the road

In some cases that may only tell you what it was like in 2008.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: West Aussie Glen on November 17, 2019, 04:00:50 PM
You can always zoom in on Google maps and look at the road

In some cases that may only tell you what it was like in 2008.

Yes but if it was sealed then it should still be sealed unless washed away in a flood.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: alans1100 on November 17, 2019, 07:40:40 PM
I'm more worried about the NSW and SA roads as I've not been down that way before.
The two routes I put up in a previous post are sealed roads all the way.
Title: Re: Looking for shortest /quickest route
Post by: spanner on November 19, 2019, 01:08:38 AM
Thanks guys.....much appreciated.