Plenty Highway
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The Plenty Highway is an outback mostly unsealed track cutting across to north-western Queensland from the Stuart Highway.
The track leaves the Stuart Highway 68 kilometres north of Alice Springs, follows the Sandover Highway for the first 27 kilometres and finishes in Tobermorey Homestead on the Northern Territory/Queensland border. The track then continues on to Boulia, in Queensland, as the Donohue Highway.
The first 100 kilometres from the Stuart Highway to Ongeva Creek is sealed. The remaining 178 km to Jervois Homestead is unsealed as is the rest of the track to Boulia. Information about the condition of the track may be obtained from the Harts Range police station, 112 km from the Stuart Highway.
East of Jervois Homestead, the road is formed earth, deterorating to rocks and bulldust as you near Tobermorey, 213 km from Jervois Homestead. The road north to Urandangi and thence to Mt. Isa bears left just before Tobermorey.
As at other Northern Territory / Queensland border crossings, the road becomes a goat track east of the border into Queensland. Travellers should be aware of deep potholes and bulldust. It is 242 km from Tobermorey to Boulia and good camping may be found at the Georgina River, at about the 125 km mark.
Fuel and food may be obtained at Gemtree, Atitjere community, Jervois Homestead, Tobymorey and Boulia. Tranellers should note that the Donohue Highway is not suitable for ordinary caravans and that road trains up to 53 metres in length use both highways.
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