While researching the Tablelands Highway I discovered that it was built in the 1960s to facilitate the transport of beef, there are absolutely no services available anywhere along its 375kms, it is mostly a single lane of paved road, the pavement is in poor condition, and there are many large and small pot-holes.

During the ride I discovered that all the things I had heard about road conditions and services were true. In particular, on the single lane sections, the pavement is barely wide enough for a single truck, and the gravel edges are often very rough and un-improved. Thus getting off the road to apss an oncoming roadtrain is a nerve racking exercise.

Scenically the northern parts of the highway have some hills and forests that one could consider attractive, but eventually the landscape turns into flat grass land with dispersed small trees.

The photos below are of the guard rail of a ford across a small river. Clealy a vehicle failed to keep to the middle of the road. I assume it was a truck.

The next two pictures are of a situation I have seen many times while travelling outback Australia. Someone is drivng a car that breaks down, this one seems to have had a type/wheel problem. The driver leaves the vehicle after it fails and never returns for the vehicle.

Here are a few images of Barkly Homestead Roadhouse. Its a nice up-market oasis in the middle of nowhere.