Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 22:19
2 to 3 weeks?
Broome to
Perth? Assume you're sticking to coast? Try (in order, heading South);
Cape Leveque (Actually north of
Broome but an absolute must see. 2 to 3 days)
80 Mile Beach
Cape Keraudren
Spend a night at De
Grey River
Call into Pt Hedland and ask for directions to the "Spoil Bank". Interesting for half a day. Nice sand bar surrounded by ocean.
Spend a night at Yule River (60 odd k's Sth of Hedland, currently lots of water)
Balla Balla / Whim Creek pub
Cossack and Pt Samson (out of Roebourne)
Cleavervile Beach (Just South of Roebourne)
Burrrup Peninsula,
Dampier (ask directions to the "jump-up". Don't be terrified when you get to it, get out of car, spend 10 mins putting rocks back in holes, use spotter for guidance, 20 mtrs of terror then some of the best country you'll see ANYWHERE. Don't take trailer)
Miaree Pool (40 or so k's South of
Karratha)
Cape Preston
Mouth of
Fortescue River (So so, but worth a quick look if you have time)
Go down Pannawonica Rd for 27 kms, turn right, go down about 5 k's, look for tracks on right, 2 or 3 k's to nice river spots.
Back to highway, head for
Carnarvon. Just North of
Carnarvon, look for signs to Quobba
blowholes. 40 something k's but
well worth it, good camping.
Carnarvon's worth a half day look around.
Gladstone.
Hamelin Pool (Stromatelites, worth a quick look, reasonable camping)
You could keep going for
Shark Bay, theres another week gone......
How much time did you have.....?
Have fun, watch out for huge fat 4 legged roos that moo. Boy do they make a mess of Hi-luxes.... (Not
mine thankfully, felt sorry for the poor bugger though)
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Follow Up By: Troopie - Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:15
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:15
G'day Russell
Thanks very much for the extensive list spots to
check out - this is great stuff and will certainly help. I have never been over to WA at all, so this is much appreciated given my comparative lack of general knowledge about the area - compared to my usual stomping grounds anyhow.....
We have already planned to head up to
Cape Leveque, then back to
Broome - it is from there south that we were after some advice. Amount of time we have depends on how much we wander about during the earlier parts of the trip - but having ideas helps to aim for some
places and/or be prepared to skip some if needs be. The focus of this trip is the Canning and Kimberly - but we should still have several weeks to
check out at least a few spots while heading down the coast.
All the best!
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Follow Up By: Coops (Pilbara) - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 15:30
Tuesday, Feb 03, 2004 at 15:30
Russel's mentioned everything that I was going to recommend.
Also drop into Karajini on the way
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