The Birdsville Track is reasonably well maintained and generally fairly smooth.

This is one of the great treks, largely following the tracks of the builders of the Overland Telegraph Track in the 1880s.

Travel through the Sturt National Park and Strzelecki Desert to the Strzelecki Track near Merty Merty Homestead.

The Gibb River Road passes through the western Kimberley region, a magnificent, rugged place with sandstone ranges, myriad gorges and spectacular waterfalls.

The Great Central Road, whilst sandy, is generally negotiable by conventional vehicles - the Gunbarrel is not.

Curving around the Great Australian Bight, the route "across the Nullarbor" is legendary and one of Australia's great road journeys.

The Oodnadatta Track passes through a mixture of plains and undulating countryside, skirting at its south eastern end the vast expanse of Lake Eyre.

The Sandover is a way of cutting across to north-western Queensland from the red centre.

A magnificent trek with scenic touring and swimming it follows the Gulf of Carpentaria across the top of Australia.

The Simpson Desert Crossing consists of a mixture of clay-topped and sand tracks and is definitely for 4WD vehicles only.

The Strzelecki Track doesn't present any major problems these days. In good weather it's passable to conventional vehicles, although care is required because of the many crests and sections of sand and loose rock.

The Tanami Track is actually a fairly well-formed earth road maintained by local mining companies.