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My opinion, based on the ones I have done:
- The Gibb River Road has a series of very picturesque gorges and waterfalls if you get there soon after the wet season before things begin to dry up. If you include the detour up to Mitchell Falls, you wil have seen a great variety of different shapes and sizes of waterfalls. As Mrs Ho Har suggests it could take between 5 and 10 days.
- The Flinders Ranges has an enormous variety of terrain and an interesting history. Travelling on some of the private 4WD tracks like Skytrek and Arden Hills opens up an even greater variety. The geology of the area is fascinating. The drives and walks there could keep you occupied for a week or two.
- The Strezelecki Track takes you to a part of Australia where one of Australia's most infamous exploration tragedies occured - the Dig Tree etc.
- The Oodnadatta Track is a good shortcut to Alice Springs and if you take the time to stop and look at the historic sites like Peake Hill Station, there is a lot to see. The road out through the Painted Hills would be my preference once you get to Oodnadatta.
- The Tanami Track is a shortcut to Halls Creek and Kunnanurra if you are planning on doing the Gibb River Road. There is less to see than on the Oodnadatta Track.
On a lot of those tracks, your appreciation of them will depend partly on your understanding of the history and/or geology of the area. I could imagine that someone who didn't borther to do any reading about the Oodnadatta Track, for example and didn't bother to stop at any of the historic sites would think it was just a long. boring drive. I have done it twice and found new things to see and do on the second trip.
In fact I think anyone who didn't take in some of the history of all of those places would be missing an awful lot.
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