Description

Great Desert Tracks Atlas & Guide

Great Desert Tracks Atlas & Guide contains Hema’s entire Great Desert Tracks map series, while the guide itself features 28 4WD tracks, each with its own detailed inset map showing the route taken, with GPS locations and points of interest featured.

All of the tracks are colour-coded to make it simple to find the treks that suit your type of vehicle and handy symbols show towing suitability too.

The track descriptions are written by some of Australia’s top four-wheel driving enthusiasts and experienced travel writers. Each track’s notes contain all the information you need to plan the trip, including permits and contact details. There’s also plenty of essential pre-trip reading on how to prepare for your trek, safety in the outback and driving techniques.

Background information on geomorphology, major environments and ecosystems, and history makes this the ‘must have’ guidebook for travelling Australia’s deserts.

What’s included in this atlas & guide:

CHAPTER 1: About Australia’s deserts

Australia’s deserts
Desert landforms
Environment
First inhabitants
Language groups
Aboriginal art
The night sky
European explorers

CHAPTER 2: Be prepared

The right vehicle
Preparing your vehicle
Packing
Tips for desert driving
Daily inspections

CHAPTER 3: Making your trip happen

Visiting Aboriginal land, road reports
Alcohol restrictions
Quarantine
Useful contacts
National parks
Dangerous creatures
Driving safely

CHAPTER 4: Top 28 4WD Trips

Track 1: Anne Beadell Highway
Track 2: Binns Track
Track 3: Birdsville Track
Track 4: Buntine Highway
Track 5: Canning Stock Route
Track 6: Connie Sue Highway
Track 7: Finke River Gorge
Track 8: Gary Highway
Track 9: Gary Junction Road
Track 10: Googs Track
Track 11: Great Central Road
Track 12: Gunbarrel Highway
Track 13: Hay River Track
Track 14: Innamincka
Track 15: Madigan Line
Track 16: Nyangumarta Highway
Track 17: Old Ghan Railway Loop
Track 18: Oodnadatta Track
Track 19: Plenty Highway
Track 20: Karlamilyi NP
Track 21: Sandover Highway
Track 22: Sandy Blight Junction Road
Track 23: Simpson Desert
Track 24: Strzelecki Track
Track 25: Sturt National Park
Track 26: Talawana Track
Track 27: Tanami Track
Track 28: West MacDonnell Ranges to Uluru

Also included:

• Atlas
• Fauna & Flora Guide
• Index
• Legend