The Gary Highway, constructed by the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party in April and May 1963 was named by Len after his son, born earlier in the same year. The track provides one of few north-south links in the Woomera rocket range road network but is rarely used today and is therefore poorly maintained.
Running for roughly 323km through the Gibson Desert, this remote track takes you through extremely arid country - thorough planning and vehicle preparation is necessary before venturing into this country.
While permits are not required to drive the Gary Highway, they may be required by travellers planning to enter or leave the track at its northern ends on routes that run along the Canning Stock Route or Gary Junction Road.
A convoy of vehicles led by the legendary Ron Moon ran part way up the Gary Highway (Everard Junction to Windy Corner) in late July 2022 - we took two days to traverse the often rutted, overgrown and narrow track. We touched on the Gary Highway again a few weeks later, passing through Gary Junction when travelling solo and homebound from WA to the NT across the Gary Junction Road.
Read more details about this trip on our travel blog at travellingtwo.com.au/index.ph...