PERTH TO BROOME trek... help wanted

Gday David you could do it in 3 days but you may as well take your time and do it in 4 days. long time for the kids to sit in the car all day may as well take your time and enjoy the out back.

Don't know any of the area you wish to travel, David, but would comment on your travel plans.

Think you would have to decide just what YOU want out of the trip, and go with that. It maybe possible that you would easily do the trip in 3 days, but if you're missing out on Kodak moments, or some sight seeing, just to keep up with the 24' 'van, then your journey is getting short-changed.

Perhaps organise to meet the others in Broome. If he travels too quickly, you might be picking up pieces of his 'van on the way? :-)

Bob

Hi David please research the trip a little its a long way to travel seeing just the sides of the road at least one day in Karinjini national park is a must if you have never been there so to rush the trip if not necessary is a shame coming back along the coast is also worthwhile calling in on Exmouth and coral bay monkey mia etc Please do consider However saying that 3 days is enough to cover the distance all the best
Steve

According to my maps Perth to Broome is around 2300km by the shortest route.
Driving it in 3 days means 760odd km /day. No time at all for looking at anything except what goes past the car windows at around 100kph.
That would be hard to do solo but towing a 24ft van would be bloody hard work and more than just tiring on the drivers.
Even at 4 days you would have to cover around 570km/day Still not much time for looking around.
Even worse with small kids.

Personally, and if it was me, I would go up one way, either the inland way (Gt Northern Hwy) or the coastal road (NW Coastal Hwy) and come back the other and I would take at least 5 days travel each way, and preferably with an extra rest day somewhere as well .

That would be a much easier timeframe (unless there is a pressing reason to rush to get to Broome).

Hope this helps in your planning.

Disco.

Towing a 24ft caravan, with kids aboard, I doubt you will do better than 600 - 700k's per day. That's on bitumen, the Newman to Sandfire leg is gravel.
To do it in three days would be a real push, four days is mor realistic, but still a challenge.
My guess would be, Mt Magnet day one, once you get out of Perth. 540k's
Newman day two. 600k's
80 mile beach day three via Marble Bar, Shay gap, boreline road 600k's approx.Day three.

Broome easy drive day four.

Three days, towing a camper and pushing along, four days with 24ft caravan.IMO

It is only bitumen the long way, via Port Headland. That adds another 300k's to the trip.

How long do you intend to spend in Broome David? There is most to see along the way and as suggested travel one way on the Great Northern Highway and the other on the North West Coastal Highway. Karijini is the jewel of the Pilbara and deserves two or three days. I suggest it is the journey to and from, not Broome that holds the most attractions.

We find towing tiring on the driver compared to non towing. How much experience have your friends had in long days towing their big caravan. 400 kilometres a day is enough for us with a smaller caravan (and with NO children), although 700 can be done as a one off if really necessary.

You may also meet a lot of trucks and possibly wide loads on the Great Northern Highway.

Will you or your friends be looking to reach a town with a caravan park, or can you both just stop roadside when you get tired?

Might as well fly as you will pretty close to doing that anyway. May see more as well.

We have been to karinjini few times but never been to broome.

We are spending 8 nights in broome and 5 nights on the way back at point samson.. we were thinking of splitting up broome and spending some time at 80 mile beach...

We were going to do the 1 nighters at either roadhouse or caravan park. .

Thankyou for all comments.

We would love to spend more time but unfortunately due to kids school holidays, we are very limited.

The other couple have finally agreed to do road trip in 4 days.