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Richmond
- Julia
creek |
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Flat
country with
excellent road,
railway line
still adjacent.
Good passing
width.
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Julia
Creek -
Cloncurry |
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Road continues very
good. Country flat
with occasional
trees and bushes.
Plenty of dead
kangaroos since
C.T. Last 20km into
Cloncurry through
undulating country
with steep rocky
hills.
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Cloncurry -
Mt.
Isa |
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Good road with
changing terrain
from hills to
flats, then
abruptly back to
hills near Mt
Isa.
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Mt. Isa
- Northern
Territory
border |
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The road is fair -
a narrow strip of
bitumen with gravel
edges.
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Border -
Stuart
Highway |
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At the border the
road becomes
highway standard
for about 30km then
about 35km of old,
narrow road, then
again becomes
highway standard
through to the
Barkly Roadhouse at
junction with
Tablelands
Highway.
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From
Barkly
Roadhouse
to
Stuart
Highway
the
old
road
prevails
with
good
gravel
edges
and
occasional
2-3km
stretches
of
new
surface,
plus
a
30km
stretch
of
the
new
surface
approaching
Three
Ways.
However
the
last
20km
is
the
narrow,
original
surface.
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Threeways
-
Darwin
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This
road
(Stuart
Highway)
is
now
highway
standard.
Plenty
of
roadside
stops
with
room
for
10
or
so
vehicles,
some
with
shade
and
others
with
water
and
tables.
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Arnhem
Highway
to
Jabiru
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Good
bitumen
road
with
adequate
passing
width
and
gravel
edges
through
to
Kakadu
National
Park.
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