Originally Posted by
Cuppa
I'm surprised that you need to book for November. We were there in November '09 but were in our bus, maybe the motel side of things is more likely to be booked out, but my memory of the place was that there weren't that many visitors as it is fairly late in the season & potentially could be stinking hot. We had just come south out of temps in the mid 40's & didn't find the place too hot, but it would certainly have been in the 30's. Was pretty dry & dusty. We went on their Ridgetop 4wd tour which took us up to Sillers lookout on the back of an open Cruiser which was pretty good, & we also enjoyed some good tracks on our trail bikes. The place was pretty daggy & run down, but I guess it's possible there's been some work done on it since? (Anyone know?). One of (I think) the Sprigg sons conducted astronomy 'tours' in their observatory in the evenings which MrsTea enjoyed (I didn't bother). Whilst up that way the self drive 'Skytrek' on Willow Springs Station is well worthwhile. We did it in our friend's OKA motorhome. Some steep climbs but pretty good tracks & nothing death defying. Great views.
Where else are you planning to go? If you are going via Broken Hill, I was recently told (by our friend with the Oka) that turning off at Yunta & taking the Yunta to Hawker road is a good shortcut.