Marble Bar the NW Coastal Hwy via Shay Gap

Melissa, haven't done it for twelve months, but usually good condition and a very good time saver. Very scenic too. Watch out for triple road trains from Telfer. Marble Bar to Shay Gap seems to be regularly maintained, by mining cos I think. From Shay Gap take Boreline Rd. This bit is sandy and tends not to get corrugated.
Tom

Went that way year before last; was a very good road then (unless there's been heavy rain i can't envisage a problem). It was a scenic drive; loved it. Dind't find anywhere to stop along this route though, until we got to the "bore" - then a group of others who use it as a regular overnight stop pulled in. The cattle didn't care about the intruders sharing their drinking spot at all - must be used to them.

Melissa,
Went that way last july and had no problems at all.A friend went just after the wet season and could not cross the De grey river even though it has a concrete bottom it was 1.2m deep and flowing very fast.
Would go that way every time from now on.
Col

I went through there in December 2004 and the boreline track looked like it hasn't been graded for a while but in was good condition. The Shay gap road itself was in good condition as well as the Mable bar - Nullagine road. There was bad corrigations from the Shay gap to the Marble bar to Port Headland road but only about 5-10 km (can't remember the name of it).
Only thing to be careful about is that this time of year the Top end is having their yearly monsoon and the track may be fairly wet. After April (or May) it should be dry enough.
I loved driving through there in my diesel Daihatsu Scat (bit rough being a SWB) and area around Shay gap is something to see.
Hope this helps.

Sweeney