Great Central Road
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Western Australia Northern Territory
The Great Central Road is a largely unpaved outback dirt road in the center and east of the Australian state of Western Australia and in the south west of the adjacent Northern Territory. It connects the town of Laverton in Western Australia with the Lasseter Highway in Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory at Uluru (Ayers Rock). It is the most direct link between Perth and Central Australia.
The Great Central Road is having its entire length part of the Outback Highway, which runs 2800 km through the center of Australia.
Course
Western Australia
Laverton leaves the Great Central Road northeast. About 20 km from the town there is a control station for food. According to Western Australia must specific risk material such as vegetables, honey, vegetable seeds, potatoes, onions and plants are not to be introduced. A mobile inspector inspected the vehicles and occasionally punished for violations.
The road passes through the outback of southwest to northeast between the Great Victoria Desert in the southeast and the Gibson Desert in the northwest. The only large settlement is Warburton, where the Gunbarrel Highway from the north come across the road and just before the Northern Territory border runs along with her. There, the Great Central Road in the managed Aboriginal Tjukaruru the territory of the Central Reserve enters. For the use of a permit ( " Permit" ) is required.
Northern Territory
A few kilometers west of Docker River and the complex of the same crosses the Great Central Road, the Northern Territory border and runs from there to east -south-east along the Petermann Ranges. In this area, the road also Tjukaruru Road is named. After 181 km Kata Tjuta and the western end of the Lasseter Highway (S4 ) is reached. The road ends here.
The highest point in the course of the road is 637 m, the lowest 563 m.
Road conditions and gas stations
The traffic volume of about 10,000 vehicles annually. There is still a vehicle with all-wheel drive recommended, although the road leveled and so is also suitable for conventional cars and RVs. For emergencies you carry a wireless device is recommended.
Petrol stations and roadhouses are (coming away from the west from Laverton ) in Cosmo Newberry ( 85 km), Tjukayirla Roadhouse ( 300km), Warburton (560 kmr ), Warakurna Roadhouse (786 km) and Kaltukatjara ( Docker River ) ( 890 km ). In Yulara, 43 km east of the road end at the Lasseter Highway and the northern edge of the national park, there is a further possibility tank.
The route traverses Aboriginal reserves, and travelers need two permits ( Permit), which are available free of charge from the Department of Indigenous Affairs.
Attractions
The most famous attractions on this road are located in the Northern Territory: Kata Tjuta and Uluru, Uluru - Kata both within - Tjuta National Park.
Other attractions include Lasseter 's Cave, Petermann Ranges, Giles Weather Station, Lake Throssell, Lake Yeo Nature Reserve, Beegull Waterhole and Empress Spring.