We will be travelling from Renmark to Peterborough (S.A.) and planned to use the Goyder Highway, but the young lady on the GPS insists on sending us via Adelaide, which is about 150km extra distance. When I eventually persuaded her to go via the Goyder the travel time blew out to about 5 hours for a 280km trip. Is this just a quirk of the GPS or should the Goyder be avoided with a caravan.
Anyone's knowledge of this highway would be greatly appreciated.
herbie said
05:47 AM Oct 25, 2013
I never put my life in the hands of a GPS...always look at a paper map if in doubt.
neilnruth said
09:39 AM Oct 25, 2013
Maybe you need to put a few more towns into the route programme so it knows which way you want to go. ie put in the town you next want to pass through, then the one after it. Sometimes we have to trick the GPS into doing what we want to do.
while it's not exactly the M1 it's quite a good road, not a lot of traffic either, plan to travel during daylight hrs, it's kangaroo country out there.
Google maps tells me it's a little under 300km and will take you about 3 hrs, depending on speed of travel of course.
-- Edited by Santa on Friday 25th of October 2013 11:04:43 AM
Zoomtopz said
02:24 PM Oct 25, 2013
I do not know of th Goyder. But if that is what the Barmera to Morgan , Morgan to Burra road is called . so be it .
They completely rebuilt the Burra-Morgan road about 15y ago , closed it completely , only locals were allowed to use it.
Yes it should be ok to tow your van across there Thomas . How do I know . I lived at Barmera for 8yrs , at that time .
As Herbie said . I allways check speedo to next turn off / town , then I know what my position is .
As last yr RAA could not find Oodla Wirra on their computer - I told em I was 8k south of Oodla Wirra on Barrier Hwy .
"Tell him to bring his tow truck as my car is undrivable " "He will make that call" I was told - ya get em .
Richo
scottynbulldog said
05:44 PM Oct 25, 2013
The roads are good in that area as we have just travelled them. Our GPS said there was no road in some places as we drove along and it does look reasonably new. You shouldn't have any problem.
We will be travelling from Renmark to Peterborough (S.A.) and planned to use the Goyder Highway, but the young lady on the GPS insists on sending us via Adelaide, which is about 150km extra distance. When I eventually persuaded her to go via the Goyder the travel time blew out to about 5 hours for a 280km trip. Is this just a quirk of the GPS or should the Goyder be avoided with a caravan.
Anyone's knowledge of this highway would be greatly appreciated.
I never put my life in the hands of a GPS...always look at a paper map if in doubt.
Maybe you need to put a few more towns into the route programme so it knows which way you want to go. ie put in the town you next want to pass through, then the one after it. Sometimes we have to trick the GPS into doing what we want to do.
Yes, Goyder Hwy is in SA Zoomtopz
-- Edited by neilnruth on Friday 25th of October 2013 09:40:19 AM
-- Edited by neilnruth on Friday 25th of October 2013 09:40:50 AM
Morning Thomas, I travel the Goyder Highway frequently
https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Renmark,+South+Australia&daddr=Peterborough,+South+Australia&hl=en&ll=-32.934929,140.603027&spn=7.428858,14.27124&sll=-34.216982,140.607632&sspn=0.228822,0.445976&geocode=FTaZ9v0dHq1jCCnHPgt2kCvBajEw_I5iVDYDBQ%3BFevdCP4dVH5GCCnLcGQ92Yi-ajEQ3I5iVDYDBA&oq=Peterborough&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
while it's not exactly the M1 it's quite a good road, not a lot of traffic either, plan to travel during daylight hrs, it's kangaroo country out there.
Google maps tells me it's a little under 300km and will take you about 3 hrs, depending on speed of travel of course.
-- Edited by Santa on Friday 25th of October 2013 11:04:43 AM
I do not know of th Goyder. But if that is what the Barmera to Morgan , Morgan to Burra road is called . so be it .
They completely rebuilt the Burra-Morgan road about 15y ago , closed it completely , only locals were allowed to use it.
Yes it should be ok to tow your van across there Thomas . How do I know . I lived at Barmera for 8yrs , at that time .
As Herbie said . I allways check speedo to next turn off / town , then I know what my position is .
As last yr RAA could not find Oodla Wirra on their computer - I told em I was 8k south of Oodla Wirra on Barrier Hwy .
"Tell him to bring his tow truck as my car is undrivable " "He will make that call" I was told - ya get em .
Richo