5. BUNTINE HIGHWAY

DOES THE BUNTINE HIGHWAY LIVE UP TO ITS POOR REPUTATION, OR IS IT A NEXT-LEVEL DRIVE?

WORDS GLENN MARSHALL

THE Buntine Highway runs 600km from Duncan Road in WA to the Victoria Highway in the NT, and this journey begins at Halls Creek. Once a bustling gold-mining town, Halls Creek experienced a brief gold rush before the town relocated due to the highway’s construction. Today, a discovery walk around the old town site and the preservation of the mud-brick post office highlight its heritage. Basic camping at The Lodge offers solar showers and rudimentary toilets, popular among fossickers still finding gold in the area. Leaving Halls Creek, the journey through the Albert Edward Range involves slow progress due to tight bends, washouts, blind crests and corrugations. Crossing the Black Elvire River brings the travellers closer to Palm Springs, a picturesque oasis with palms and reeds. The turn-off to Sawpit Gorge reveals…

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

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