Cape Leveque to Derby
Submitted: Saturday, Jun 14, 2014 at 14:46
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Member - Chris_K
Hi Folks
We are heading up to the
Kimberley shortly and would like to know if
Cape Leveque to
Derby is possible in a day. Driving a troopie, so happy to take what looks like a "short cut" heading east from
Beagle Bay and through to Bedunburra. We will be heading up to
Cape Leveque from
Broome - and it looks a fair bit quicker than backtracking?
Cheers
Chris
Reply By: cookie1 - Saturday, Jun 14, 2014 at 18:22
Saturday, Jun 14, 2014 at 18:22
I have just done that trip and the "shortcut between
Derby and
Cape Leveque is a good drive but beware, there is a
swamp in a section of the track, but it does appear that there may be a alternate work around track of the
swamp that wasn't evident at the start - we were picking out the wet grass for quite a while.
The trees are quite tight and somewhat overgrown so tuck in your mirrors, the sandy section is a little tricky but select the right gear and the right tyre pressures and you'll be fine.
It was a much more scenic route than the main drag which is very corrugated
HTH
cheers
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Reply By: slave - Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 at 21:51
Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 at 21:51
We did this today. It was in better condition than the
Cape Leveque road when we did that three weeks ago. The east west section was quite narrow and had a number of sections where a caravan had knocked the bark off branches that were over hanging the track. There were a number of sandy sections, one where we got bogged and we weren't the first either. After that we used the side track that was off in the bush on the south side of the road as the sandy section appeared to be quite long. Once the track headed south it was much easier. Drive to the conditions and it's okay, but it's not a quick short cut.
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Follow Up By: Member - Chris_K - Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 at 21:57
Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 at 21:57
Great - thanks for the update...will have a think about which way we go.
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