Gary Junction Road

Gary Junction Road
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Basic data
Operator:	NT Roads , Main Roads
Start of the street:	Tanami Road southeast of the TIMOUTh Road House ( NT ) ( 23 ° 11 '  S , 132 ° 51'  O )
End of street:	Gary Highway Jenkins Track Gary Junction ( WA ) ( 22 ° 48 ′  S , 125 ° 33 ′  E )
Overall length:	864 km
States :	Northern Territory Western Australia

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Gary Junction Road is an unpaved outback track in the southwest of the Australian Northern Territory and in the adjacent eastern Western Australia . It connects Tanami Road southeast of Timouth Roadhouse with Gary Highway and Jenkins Track in Gary Junction .

course

Northern Territory

136 km northwest of Alice Springs , Gary Junction Road branches off to the west from Tanami Road. Along the MacDonnell Ranges you pass the three Aboriginal settlements Papunya , some distance away are Haasts Bluff and Mount Liebig . The mountain of the same name is in the immediate vicinity and, at 1524 m, is the highest point in the MacDonnell Ranges. The Sandy Blight Junction Road branches off in a south-westerly direction 200 km further west near Kintore . 57 km further west you pass the Northern Territory and Western Australia slopes.

Western Australia

Road at Mount Tietkens west of the border between Western Australia and Northern Territory

139 km west-north-west of the border is the settlement of Kiwirrkurra in the northern part of the Gibson Desert . From there, it's another 303 km to Gary Junction, where Gary Junction Road ends.

There you have the option of driving south on the Gary Highway or west on the Jenkins Track to Kurawaritji on the Canning Stock Route or Wapet Road .

The highest point along the road is at 629 m, the lowest at 571 m.

history

Like many other outback tracks, Gary Junction Road was built in the 1960s by Len Beadell along with his Gunbarrel Road Construction Party . Many of his markings and signs on the roadside are still in their original form today. Len Beadell named the street after his son Gary .

Road conditions and gas stations

The road conditions are very different, some sections are solid and easy to drive on, others are characterized by loose sand or stony sections. Corrugations are also typical here . A four-wheel drive vehicle is required to ski on the slope . Usually two to three days are needed for the almost 900 km long route.

Petrol stations can be found in Papunya (NT), Mount Liebig (NT), Kintore (NT) and Kiwirrkura (WA).

literature

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 90 + 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia Easy Read - Road and 4WD Atlas . Hema Maps, Brisbane 2007, ISBN 978-1-86500-395-5 .
2. ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Gary Junction Road . Retrieved April 19, 2012.