Gary Junction Road permits

Hey Willem

From the Western Australian Dept. of Indigenous Affairs website's map of Western Australia here it would seem you have to get permission to travel the majority of Gary Junction Road from Ngaanyatjarra Land Council.

Ngaanyatjarra Land Council
PO Box 644
Alice Springs NT 0871
Tel: (08) 8950 1711
Fax: (08) 8953 1892

For the Northern Territory section is necessary to work out whether the Gary Junction Road is considered a public road as per this extract from the Central Land Coucils Website. link here

When will I need a permit ?

If you wish to undertake any of the following activities on Aboriginal land in the Central Land Council region then you will need to apply to the Central Land Council for a permit:

enter Aboriginal land for any purpose

travel by road through Aboriginal land (Note: this does not apply to public roads)

enter or visit an Aboriginal community (Note: some exceptions apply) Please note that permit requirements apply to all persons visiting Aboriginal communities for work or other purposes on a short or long term basis. This includes travellers, tourists, contractors, hawkers and representatives of any group, company, agency or government department not covered by a statutory permit arrangement.

Central Land Council
31-33 Stuart Highway
PO Box 3321 Alice Springs
NT 0871
tel (08) 89516 211
fax (08) 89534 343

Hope this helps and happy travelling!!

Regards

Equinox

Further to the above,it took about two weeks for our permits to arrive from time of application,one each for W.A side and N.T side.Applied by phone on the above listed phone numbers.

Gaday Willem, to avoid all hearsay & changes that may have taken place, I just ring up each state land council 6 weeks before I go, give them the route & ask for the appropiate & up to date forms to be faxed out. They usually respond that day then fax out the actual permit within a couple of weeks. If you want to travell off the main tourist routes allow another month. As you would already know the best way to get a conflicting report is to post on EO ;-)) Should be a great trip.....
Cheers Craig............

Willem
I've applied for a lot of permits over the years and only once did I not have a apply and that was from the Anangu Pitjantatjaraky Land Council to travel the Giles - Mulga Park road, which i didn't follow out
Each year we try to travel a different way across AU to the east
We apply for permits both way, so if we have trouble with the weather we may be still able to get on some roads/tracks.
As in last years trip we didn't use any of them (washed out)
Central Land Council Faxed on the 7/04/04 received back on the 7/04/04
Aboriginal Lands Form filled out on line 6/04/04 reply on line with permit number 6/04/04 follow up by post
Ngaanyatjarra Council (the one you wont) faxed 7/04/04 return fax 8/04/04
these were all done times two allowing trips both ways W to E E to W 4 weeks apart.
We do not seem to have the problem that ever one else seems to have or I have Heard about

Have a good trip

We are going to try an Esperance to 80 Mile beach this year around Aug
Connie sue, GBH, Gary hwy, GJ Road' then up the Kidson
South to North or North to South all depends on the weather

Regards

Richard

Willem
Equinox was right with the two authorities he mentions - CLC for the NT section and Ngaan etc for the WA section (Kiwirrkurra Rd or Desert Rd or Gary Junction Rd).