Ceduna - Port Headland - Ceduna
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 05, 2020 at 16:55
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Interested in doing this circuit in July / August. Interested in advice about route north of Kalgoolie to Port Headland via
Newman and back south via the coast. (Travelling in Pajero with TVan)
Reply By: Member - rocco2010 - Thursday, Mar 05, 2020 at 21:08
Thursday, Mar 05, 2020 at 21:08
Gidday, sounds like a trip I'd like.
Ceduna to Kal is pretty straightforward though there is a bit to see on the Eyre Highway if you have the time.
From Kal you can go all the way to
Wiluna on the Goldfields Highway and then west to
Meekatharra or northwest on the Neds Creek Road to just south of Kumarina.
Alternatively visit
Lake Ballard west of
Menzies and continue on to
Sandstone and Mt Magnet and then go north to
Newman.
From
Newman go up to
Nullagine and the head east on the Skull Springs Road to visit
Running Waters and
Carawine Gorge.
Then it's up to
Marble Bar and from there you could run up to 80-mile beach via
Shay Gap and the Boreline Road or head for
Port Hedland.
Heading south you need need to fit in a side trip to Karijini if you didn't go there on the way north.
I'm not much of a coast person so I will leave
Exmouth and
Coral Bay to others but when you get to
Carnarvon turn inland to the
Kennedy Range and maybe even
Mount Augustus.
From there you could head down through the Gascoyne-Murchison region and into the northern WA wheatbelt and back to Kal. Or go south where it will most likely be cold and wet.
There has been a heap of rain all through this region in the last few months and it should be a good year for
wildflowers.
Enjoy the planning and the journey.
Cheers
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Saturday, Mar 07, 2020 at 08:58
Saturday, Mar 07, 2020 at 08:58
If you wish to stick to bitumen roads then
take this route. I believe the bitumen goes from Kalgoorlie to
Wiluna but the road from there to Meekathara has gravel sections. All the other roads on your route are highway bitumen.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Saturday, Mar 07, 2020 at 10:02
Saturday, Mar 07, 2020 at 10:02
Peter, that link takes one from Ilford to Sandy Hollow, oops......
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