The Balladonia-Zanthus Track starts adjacent to the Balladonia Roadhouse and finishes 168 kilometre to the north at Zanthus, a service centre for the Trans Australia Railway.

The southern portion of the Track is very sandy and deeply rutted. A standard dual cab 4WD ute would have difficulties maintaining forward momentum and even staying on the track. A non-lifted vehicle would bottom out. The deep ruts take control of the steering and driving safely is a challenge.

Further north there are numerous shotlines on both sides of the track. as a result of exploration activity by IGO Exploration, searching for nickel. Inattentive, oncoming drivers not expecting other vehicles present a very real danger in this area.

Lightning strikes in 2019 caused severe fires, devastating huge swathes of the Great Victoria Desert and fringing areas.

Download GPX file of Balladonia to Zanthus Track

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