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To check for the latest on closed roads and road conditions in any area, see the state by state links to Road Conditions. These cover main roads only. Many local roads are under the control of local Shires.
Due to the lack of interest, Parks and Road closures are no longer being regularly updated, allowing us more time to write travelogues and helpful informative articles.
In Western Australia, road sealing of a further forty kilometres is scheduled for completion by 30 June 2021.
Another twenty
kilometres east of Atitjere (Harts Range) is being sealed, leaving 300 kilometres to the Queensland-Northern Territory Border remaining
unsealed.
In Queensland work continues, with only 87 kilometres left to seal to the Queensland-Northern Territory Border.
May
2021
The hot springs can only be visited as part of a tour, at a further cost. There are private bathing pools, and fees also apply. The water comes out of the ground at 62°, but is cooler when it reaches the bathing pools.
The spectacular Jim Jim Falls and nearby Karnamarr (Garnamarr) Campground in Kakadu National Park are set to open 19th June 2021 as
waters continue to recede after the wet season.
The Karnamarr Campground will open at 4 pm 18th June, ahead of Jim Jim Falls
being opened to visitors at 8 am on Saturday 19th June, so people can set up camp for the weekend on Friday and experience the incredible
Jim Jim Falls from early Saturday morning.
Karnamarr Campground operates on a first-come, first-served basis and the on-site
campground manager collects camping fees.
Friday 18 June 2021
Since 2010 the road has been upgraded to type 3 gravel road and realigned reducing the length from 2,800 kilometres down to 2,700
kilometres. Since 2016 300 kilometres have been sealed. The $160 million Federal and including 20% from Northern Territory,
Western Australia and Queensland will seal a further 300 kilometres by 2024.
Location Road length Sealed To be sealed
Western
Australia 870 km 133 km 737 km
Northern Territory 1,220 km 780 km 440 km
Queensland 610 km 532 km 78 km
Totals on Outback Way 2,700 km 1,445 km 1,255
km
December 2021
The Tree Top Walk will be re-opened from 7th April 2022, just in time for the school holidays.
While renovations are taking place, the Visitor Centre and the Ancient Empire ground level walk will remain open.
The Federal Government will invest an additional $678 million to seal another 1,000 kilometres of road and deliver further upgrades
along Australia’s longest shortcut, Outback Way, creating thousands of jobs and better connecting regional industries and communities.
As
part of the works, the remaining unsealed and substandard sections of Outback Way in Queensland and Western Australia will be sealed.
Additional priority sections on the Plenty Highway and Tjukaruru Road in the Northern Territory will also be upgraded.
The Australian
Government’s funding commitment represents 80 per cent of the total funding package, with state and territory governments providing
the remaining 20 per cent.
The Government is committed to sealing the entire 2,720 kilometres of Outback Way and today’s funding
commitment will help get the job done, cutting travel times for freight and tourists while giving residents along the route improved
access to the supplies they need to live.
Sealing is expected to be completed in the 2027/28 financial year.
February 2022
See the details of where to stay and all you need to know about travel on the Spirit of Tasmania.
Last year upgrades to the Tree Top Walk were undertaken. This year the ground level Ancient Empire walk is being upgraded.
Commencing on 7th February 2023 over five hundred metres of the trail will be made accessible for wheelchairs and prams.
Whilst the Ancient Empire walk is closed for upgrading, free tingle forest guided tours and talks will be available on the hour
every day.
Entry to the Ancient Empire walk will remain fee free.
