Sandover Highway - Austral Downs

Crossing the border into NT and turning south on to the gravel Sandover Highway (this section is named as Austral Downs Rd). The Sandover is a 4x4 only track that generally runs south west to the tail end of the Plenty Highway and then on to the Stuart Highway about 68kms north of Alice Springs.

Just past Austral Downs station we were wondering what we were driving over, it sounded like gritty dirt and discovered it was slaters - millions of them!Read more