There are a couple of suggested tracks in the HEMA book that are inside the Victoria’s Deserts section. One of them starts at Hopetoun but having run the main fuel tank quite low and there being no fuel available we instead headed north on the highway to get some fuel.
Once we’d filled up we headed for the northernmost track we’d looked at, heading into the Murray-Sunset NP just west of Underbool, following a number of different tracks towards the north west corner of the NP and the Shearers Hut campground.
Many of the tracks are signed as 4×4 only and, although much of it was fairly easy driving in places, soft sand and sand dunes kept us on our toes. Much of it brought back memories of my previous experience of driving on sand in the Outback Challenge. One dune in particular caused us a bit of a headache as I approached the bottom too slowly and the soft sand sapped away all the power a few feet from the crest. After a couple more attempts we made it over the top and then lowered the tyre pressures all round.
Not sure if it was down to the lowered pressures or not but the rest of the dunes didn’t cause any issues.

En-suite facilities at the campsite…

In all we drove on the unsurfaced tracks for over 120 miles before we got to the camp site. We haven’t seen another person or vehicle since we entered the park and we’re the only people at the campground. It’s certainly warmer here than we’ve been used to and it’s likely to get hotter tomorrow as we head into South Australia.