1978 Ready Plan Rally

The original route of the 1978 Ready Plan Rally was in six Divisions as follows:

1. Start in Echuca, daylight touring to Terrick Terrick Forest then north to Gunbower Forest and into Kerang for a dinner break
2. Westwards through the Mallee country around Manangatang, through the Hattah Lakes area, across the Sunset Country then up the border track before a breakfast break in Renmark.
3. North from Renmark through scrub and station country then across the border into NSW and generally north east to a refuel at Coombah Roadhouse. Then east and south past Popio Lake and eventually into Mildura for the overnight rest break.
4. North east from Mildura to a refuel at Pooncarie then generally south east across station country to Balranald and on to a meal break at Swan Hill.
5. Some interesting diversions along the Loddon River enroute to Barham then extensive use of the Koondrook and Perricoota Forests. Then eastwards to Mathoura and a loop eastwards through the Millewa Forest and to Deniliquin for breakfast and a run around the local autocross track.
6. A final set of daylight sections southwards through the Moira and Bama Forests to the lunch time finish in Echuca.

Wet weather resulted in the first and last divisions being totally cancelled. Division 2 was bolstered with an extra early section but the Hattah Lakes section was lost. Divisions 3 and 4 were in tact but much of Division 5 was lost and replaced by a new loop to the west of Swan Hill.

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Route Instructions

Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5