Madigan Line Crossing – 28th May – 4th June 2024

Join Clint, Mark and Club 4×4 for a crossing of the Simpson Desert along the famous Madigan Line. This is without doubt an amazing trip through a very remote part of Australia visiting some iconic sites travelling along a historic track.

The trip will start in Mt Dare with a 5-8 day trek via the Pastoral Rd up to Old Andado Homestead (Old Andado Homestead) for a look around at a piece of history in the desert, and onto the beginning the gruelling trek along the Madigan Line. After leaving Madigan camp 15, we will try and continue on the Madigan all the way to the QAA line and on to have some fun at big red. We will camp here for the final night, but if there are closures the trip will head south on the Hay River Track and then join up onto the French Line at Poeppel Corner. We will back track to the QAA Line and have some fun on Big Red, where we will camp for our final night in the desert, before ending the trip in Birdsville. The trip distance is approximately 850km from Mt Dare to Birdsville.

Trip Notice: Madigan Line Trip Notice

Booking on the Trip:

EVERYONE on a Club Trip must be a registered member, either as a General Member, Temporary Member or Junior Member (see Member Categories).

• Use this form to book participation on Club trips – ONE BOOKING PER VEHICLE
• BOOKINGS CLOSE 48 HOURS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF TRIP
• This completed booking will be sent by email to the Events Manager who will collate for the Trip Leader
• You will receive confirmation of your Registration and the Events Manager will confirm your booking. 
• If a trip is fully booked, you will have the option of making a Waitlist booking.  The Events Manager will contact you up to 24 hours out if you are moved off the waitlist. Waitlist bookings are not confirmed trip bookings unless contacted by the Events Manager.
• Please make sure that you have filled out a Personal Details Form and keep this in the glove box of your vehicle.

As a condition of making this booking:

• I certify that all persons in this booking are either Full Members, Temporary Members or Junior Members of the club.
• I fully understand the Trip Rating, and the subsequent expected track conditions and I have the required driver competency and vehicle requirements for this trip.
• I fully understand the Club Trip Rules and Club Values and agree to comply with them and be responsible for my own safety and the safety of passengers in my vehicle.
• I fully understand the publishing rules for photographs taken at this event.
• I have completed a Personal Details form to cover myself and each of my passengers and placed it in the glove box or console. The Personal Details form can be download here: ( Personal Details Form )
• I acknowledge that the Trip Leader has the authority to refuse my participation if he/she considers my vehicle unsuitable for the advertised trip, or I do not have a confirmed booking.