Thunderbolts Way: Gloucester to Uralla with a caravan or motorhome
The Thunderbolts Way runs 188 km from Gloucester to Uralla. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 3 h 10 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Gloucester · Walcha · Uralla
Is the Thunderbolts Way OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 8 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 13% uphill on Thunderbolts Way, at km 45.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 188 km | 188 km |
| Driving time | 3 h 10 min | 3 h |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 8 km | 8 km |
| Total climb | 2,842 m | 2,842 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 139 km | 139 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Gloucester · km 0
- Walcha · km 146
- Uralla · km 188
Caravan parks on the way
- Gloucester Holiday Park · km 0
- Walcha Caravan Park · km 147
- Primitive Campgrounds · km 186
- Uralla Caravan Park · km 187
- Country Road Caravan Park · km 187
Free camps on the way
- Gloryvale Reserve · km 23 · caravans OK
- Bretti Reserve · km 34 · caravans OK
- Wooldridge (Uralla) Fossicking Area · km 188 · caravans OK
National park and other campgrounds
- Copeland Reserve · km 8
- Jacky Barkers campground · km 67
- Nowendoc Recreation Reserve · km 80
- Walcha East Rest Area · km 144
- Uralla Showground Camping · km 187 · fees apply
Rest areas
- Bretti Reserve · km 34
- Koolkuna Carsons Lookout Rest Area · km 56
- Nowendoc Rest Area · km 76
- 163.0km West of Wauchope · km 146
- 0.2km West of Walcha · km 146
- 87.8km North of Tamworth · km 187
Dump points
- at Walcha Caravan Park · km 147
- at Country Road Caravan Park · km 187
Fuel stops
- Gloucester Tyres and Auto Centre · km 0
- Ampol Woolworths · km 0
- Arko Energy · km 0
- BP · km 1
- Barrington General Store · km 7
- Apsley Motors · km 146
- Walcha Tyres · km 146
- NRMA Mountain Motors · km 147
- Mobil · km 186
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.