Kimberly,where to stay and what to see with a dog and two stuffed knee

Stuart, I sympathise with you wanting to take your best friend. I can't provide any park access information for any of the parks up there but I have found a list that may help you and others address each one. Someone out there will no doubt know the details.

All the iconic places we visited are in those parks.

But maybe we should let our learned friends firstly tell us where you can take Gunny.

A top spot mate.

There are several spots at Honeymoon Beach right on the beach.
Need a boat (or a friend who has one) for the best fishing though.....

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Hi Stuart and Hello Gunny from Cody..I am departing Melb. heading up the central qld rds Mitchell/Landsborough Hwys end of april/may for Lake Argyle ACC meeting end of July.Plan on diverting to Normanton/Borroloola and other places for a look see..I rely on Wikicamps and Caravancaravan for my planning, Like u i have a dog Border Collie so cant do the nat parks,dont care really,,, rather have the dog,,,, and like u i have two stuffed knees ,mostly they just slow me down and have to take it easy so they dont get too inflamed. If u want info re Wikicamps and caravancaravan just go to google the wiki app costs $5,,,, caravan is free c u on the road one day Peter

Hi Stuart

I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but keep Gunny close to make sure he doesn't find any 1080 baits. I used to live up that way and I had a few mates who lost dogs to those things.

Are you planning to head down the Gibb or sticking to the highway?

Hann River crossing, a bit over 50k south of the Kalumburu T/O. On the right before you cross the river. Camp on top of river bank.

You should be aware that on the GRR nearly all of the gorges/attractions require a considerable walk over rough country.
The exception is probably Galvin's Gorge which is about 1 Km from the road and flat , except when we went past at 10AM last year AFAIR there were 2 tour buses and 6 cars, for a pool the size of a swimming pool.
Bell Gorge is not too bad , but Manning Gorge is a long rough up and down walk from the carpark including a deep river crossing. You used to be able to use coolite boxes there to push your clothes over the river but I think someone told me that they now have boats.
El Questro is worthwhile seeing and the hot springs there are relatively easy to get to.

Emma Gorge which is part of El Questro but across the GRR , is a rough scramble for a couple of kilometres, but I did see about a 90 year old on crutches do it! ( but he had a couple of pushers.)

It is worth hiring an electric boat to travel through the gorge, but again you have to lift the battery into the boat which is an awkward 30Kg..

Mt Elizabeth Station has a lovely gorge but it is a real 4x4 track to it, and the walk in used to include a couple of domestic aluminium ladders down into the gorge.

My wife said that we are fortunate to have done all the GRR in our 60s as she is unsure whether she would be able to do them in her 70s.

Again the Bungle Bungles require quite a bit of walking but on pretty well maintained and graded tracks.

My opinion of Honeymoon bay is unfortunately a bit different to the previous poster. After paying your $50 to even drive there, we were confronted with the owners daughter tearing around in an old 80 cruiser with no muffler or windows . The place was full of very big off road caravans with big generators. We drove down to the beach where the poster was camped and it was IMHO the best of a bad bunch. It is a fishing spot pure and simple and has little else to recommend it. IMHO same with Mc Gowans.

We stayed in a caravan park run by the mission in Kulumburu on a beautiful grass area with clean amenities , behind the petrol station.

Be aware that the road to Kulumburu is one of the worst you will come across. Mitchell Falls is a 2-3 hour walk in and then same back but if you have plenty of money you can get a helicopter from the Ranger station. Be aware that if you think the Kulumburu road is bad the Mitchell falls road is usually worse and a known breaker of less than 100% vehicles.
Regards Philip A