AnswerID: 7498 Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 16, 2002 at 00:00
Jayson
replied:
Travelled through on a recent trip to
Perth from our home in
Karratha at the end of June. Did the same route as previous post but in reverse and turned of the highway south of Nanutarra at the old Barradale roadhouse. Travelled through Lyndon station and others but the 100 thou maps and
gps helped as station owners have put in many tracks since the maps were first surveyed. The
weather was perfect. Nice and
cool (actually pretty
cold really for us norwesters) camped anywhere that looked good after about 4:30 in the arvo. Roads were great as had just been graded for the tourist season. Beware! Diesel was $1.40/litre at Mt Augustus. We only saw a dozen vehicles in three days and 1200 kms of travel, with three of them being graders. Fuel at
Gascoyne Junction was about $1.15 from memory.
It's taken us eight years to get to the mount and I 'm glad I've been there. Walk to the top is 12 kms and suggested 6hrs but Calm always make the time too long. Didn't walk it ourselves (always in a hurry to get to
Perth, don't know why) but am sure the view would be fantastic.
Make the effort to get there, have a great time and take lots of red wine for sunsets and campfires.
Regards
Jayson
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FollowupID: 3447 Submitted:
Thursday, Oct 17, 2002 at 00:00
Wayne posted:
Thanks for the info Jayson. I've been checking the route on a map of the area, from
Mullewa to Hedland. But will look for something with a bit more detail. A member from the "4wd_out_of_perth" group (yahoo) has sent me
gps co-ords from Mt Augustus to
Exmouth and to Mt Augustus from
Tom Price. Will be sure to take the red wine, also the Baileys and some icy
cold Emu Bitter. Can't wait.
I'm surprised that there is nothing in the archives about Mt Augustus. Seeing it was the site of the "Gathering" a couple of years ago, and bigger than Ayres Rock.
regards, Wayne
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