Connie Sue Highway
The
Connie Sue Highway is an
outback road which runs from Rawlinna, on the Indian-Pacific Railway to the
Aboriginal community of Warburton, on the Great Central Road. Approximately 650 km long and running north-south, it lies entirely in the state of
Western Australia and it crosses the
Nullarbor Plain and the
Great Victoria Desert. Though officially named the Rawlinna-Warburton Road, it is better known as the
Connie Sue, after the daughter of Len Beadell, a famous 20th century surveyor and bushman.
This road, like many Len Beadell built, is a "highway" in name only. It is remote and does not carry regular traffic. There is no known available ground water and it is one of the longest stretches in Australia between fuel pumps. Travellers need to be thoroughly prepared before tackling it.