The 500km Birdsville Track which bypasses the quarantine restrictions in New South Wales has been hot with an influx of drivers, many of which are unprepared for tough driving conditions and summer heat.
Once a celebrated tourism route for 4x4 safari enthusiasts and those wanting to see the country’s interior, it’s normally dead quiet at the peak of summer, with the Simpson Desert reaching over 40 degrees Celsius during January.Source:SuppliedThe Birdsville Hotel general manager Ben Fullagar is both bemused and concerned that he’s seeing so much traffic on the “Covid Highway”.
It has been a saving grace after what Mr Fullagar called a “very average year”, but he was concerned by the state of the two-wheel-drive cars arriving at the SA – QLD border.The town of less than 150 people has welcomed this unforeseen influx in visits. However, not everyone appears to be aware or prepared for the dangers of a desert circumnavigation of NSW.
The Birdsville Track, a 500km dirt road which links far southwest QLD to SA, has been renamed the "COVID highway" due to a number of people using it to circumvent NSW. Picture: InstagramA terrible surprise then, when the road runs out leaving just sand for stretches of the 517km route.
Smashing it to bits in the process.
I wasn’t aware it was sand so that’s good to know
Put a checkpoint on it ! BirdsvilleTrack
Shut up
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