LONELY HIGHWAY

A DRIVE ALONG THE NYANGUMARTA HIGHWAY IS AN ISOLATED AND SELF-SUFFICIENT JOURNEY THAT WILL TEST BOTH YOU AND YOUR 4X4 AS YOU CROSS THE GREAT SANDY DESERT

WORDS AND PHTOS GLENN MARSHALL

CUTTING through the heart of Australia’s second-largest desert is an abandoned oil exploration track now known as the Nyangumarta Highway, formerly named the Kidson Track. This remote track takes you from the white sands of Eighty Mile Beach to the remote Indigenous community Kunawarritji on the Canning Stock Route, and the country is spectacular. The track changes from washed-out gravel, overgrown in sections, to red sand stretches through colourful dunes and spinifex. Don’t expect to see anyone else out here – this epic track is rarely travelled. Eighty Mile Beach is an excellent place to spend a couple of days kicking back, and while the caravan park has great facilities, it’s the beach driving opportunities that raise the bar. The tidal movement is significant here so most days the beachfront is…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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