Dry River & Western Creek NT

Hi Warren,
I believe you are talking about the old "Dry River Stock route" that commenced south of Mataranka and emerged at or about Mathison Creek on the Victoria Highway. I am not certain that the Dry River to Mathison section exists any more. In any case, you would have to contact the pastoral leases and the various Aboriginal stake holders in that area for information/permission to cross that area. Sorry, I do not have any up to date info for you. My knowledge pre-dates 1980 which wouldn't help you today.
regards

Haven't been through there Warren, though have been past the turnoffs you mention years ago.

Can't see why you couldn't get through, permission pending, as some of the roads are station access roads, and the roads between each may well be a road mail route? Otherwise there is often a reasonable road between each, to use to recover cattle picked up during mustering.

Old Dry River may not be much of any interest. As I recall Dry River was a block annexed off one of the bigger stations in that area in 1964. Either Willeroo, Delamere or Killarney, can't remember now. That would be the original homestead site, but may have moved by a subsequent owner, to a more accessible/liveable site. Might be hut or cottage, a shed and watering facility there but little else. Bet there's a good supply of empty "stumpies" in the rubbish dump though. :-)

Bob