joc45 replied:

Did Carson River station track thru to the Drysdale River about 5 yrs ago, but was unaware of any tracks going where you reckon, tho the 250k series shows a track out of Carson River station, across the Drysdale and up to some Oombulgurrie land right up north.
We had to get special permits from Kalumburu community just to do the Carson River bit, with loads of restrictions as to where we could go.
Was this out of Doongan Station, perhaps?
Will be interested to see what responses come back.
Gerry

Dodgin & Weavin replied:

Yep. We took 8 days from Kununurra to Kalumburu. You could do it quicker but this is not the sort of trip that should be done with a deadline. Getting permits may be tricky. I wouldn't recommend the trip without permission. You'll almost certainly be spotted (the track goes through Oombi) and it's frowned upon big time - with good reason. If you have problems you'll need the locals help which they can't give if they don't know your there. The only maps I've seen with anything like an accurate track marked is the 1:50K series. You'll still need local advise on directions. DO NOT TAKE THIS TRIP LIGHTLY. It's an extremely rugged and remote trip with very little traffic. I wouldn't recommend attempting it unless you are very experienced, very very well prepared, have got local advise and have tough high clearance vehicles. Definitely not a camper trailer trip. If you get permission & go be careful.

Cheers

Dodgin

Willem replied:

Yeah I heard of people doing that track some time in the early 80's. It was a hard slog apparently with some serious winching involved.

I did the run from the Kalumburu Road to Carson River and to the Drysdale River and beyond to King George Falls in 1986. It was pretty hard going in a Suzuki especially the last 10km to KGF. Also did the run from Theda Station to Carson River Escarpment and on the Carson River Station at the same time. There were no restrictions then. Some cold beers offered to the station manager and a good bush chat got us the necessary permissions to get into that remote country.

Cheers