Mt Augustus in 5 Days?

Jon it will be long day's driving but 1.5 - 2 days there and back leaves you 1 day to do 1 or the other to do both I'd be looking at a week minimum.

Both deserve at the bare minimum 1 day each just to scratch the surface .

Cheers

Dunc

Because of the distances, I would suggest one or the other but not both. Mt Augustus is a good place and your journey can be broken up by other places on the way. It would be my choice. You will need 3 or 4 hours for the walk across the top of the Mt.

Hi Mants. Quickest way from north of perth, cararvon murchison road by turning off at eneabba, gravel dirt road but usually in good nick, have towed the van on that road no probs. You can camp at bigiamia just short of gascoyne junction if you dont want to camp at the kennedy camp site then go to mt augustas.
Cheers Graeme.

Just make sure you check the road conditions before going. They are having heavy rains around there right now. Flooding here in the wheatbelt too as I speak.

Without knowing where you live other an generic 'just north of Perth' it does become somewhat difficult to comment with any degree but my thoughts are - you would struggle to do justice to either place with a total of five days available to you.

Maybe consider a trip into areas along the Great Norther Highway - albeit as a previous poster has said there is heavy rain forecast in area over the next few days.

It is possible, first day drive to Wooramel roadhouse fill up, backtrack a few k's anf turn off towards Gascoyne Junction.
Second day Gascoyne Junction, fill up and check out the Kennedy ranges, then camp between the Kennedy's and Mt Augustus.
Third day Mt Augustus, walk to the summit camp at the caravan park.
Fourth day head out through Landor, historic Mt Gould police station to Meekatharra, should get there by mid day. So push on 200k's through Cue to Mt Magnet. September the wildflowers will be great.
Fifth day back to Perth 540k's through Paynes Find, Wubin.
No problem.

Another nice five day run, all bitumen is the Perth, Kalgoorlie, Lienster, Sandstone, Mt Magnet, Perth trip.
There are so many places to see on that trip, it is brilliant. Karalee rocks aqueduct, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Broad Arrow, Lake Ballard, Niagra Dam, Gwallia (stay at Edgar Hoover's house B & B) , Lienster, Agnew, Sandstone(brilliant pub meals).
Take the short cut from Sandstone to Paynes Find, then stay at the New Norcia Hotel, for an easy run home after breakfast. Magic.IMO

Thanks everyone who replied, looks like its going to be too far for this trip.

Think we're going to go to Murchison House Station and explore around there.