Mt Augustus

The wife & I went there three years ago , turned off at Wubin - went via Mullewa , Murchison roadhouse , Gascoyne J'n , Kennedy ranges to Mt Augustus .... stayed the camp ground there ... was an interesting trip .... also worth seeing is the Mt Gould police station on the rd from Meekatharra ... we went to Landor races - was interesting , but some trouble with Aboriginies , so only stayed one night ... camped at Rocky pool on Gascoyne - towards Carnarvon (nice) .

Travelled through on a recent trip to Perth from our home in Karratha at the end of June. Did the same route as previous post but in reverse and turned of the highway south of Nanutarra at the old Barradale roadhouse. Travelled through Lyndon station and others but the 100 thou maps and gps helped as station owners have put in many tracks since the maps were first surveyed. The weather was perfect. Nice and cool (actually pretty cold really for us norwesters) camped anywhere that looked good after about 4:30 in the arvo. Roads were great as had just been graded for the tourist season. Beware! Diesel was $1.40/litre at Mt Augustus. We only saw a dozen vehicles in three days and 1200 kms of travel, with three of them being graders. Fuel at Gascoyne Junction was about $1.15 from memory.
It's taken us eight years to get to the mount and I 'm glad I've been there. Walk to the top is 12 kms and suggested 6hrs but Calm always make the time too long. Didn't walk it ourselves (always in a hurry to get to Perth, don't know why) but am sure the view would be fantastic.
Make the effort to get there, have a great time and take lots of red wine for sunsets and campfires.
Regards
Jayson