Access to Top End

Hi

We are spending 6mths travelling Oz from late Jan to June 2007. Will be setting off from Perth in anti-closkwise direction - going over to Tasmania, then up East coast.

Atfer that will be heading into centre to meet some friends and we will then be travelling together up to NT and Northern WA.

Itinerary is being kept flexible and in reality we are in the early stage of a rough mud-map.

One issue that is playing on my mind is how soon we could realistically access Northern QLD - given Wet season. We will be towing off-road CT with dinghy.

If we have to hang around too long to access the Cape, we will unfortunately cut ourselves short for central/NT/North WA.

We don't really have flexibility with dates - which I agree may be better to move on a few months.

I appreciate that it depends on the wet season and that we do need to be flexible. But not having been to this area before, I am yet to get a real feel for just how far north you can realistically get and by when.

I have looked at some weather sites, and seen annual monthly rainfall stats.

Can someone give me some information as to teh earliest we could realistically expect to be able to access the Cape and give me an indication of how far we could expect to get before wet / access will become an issue.

Once I can a get my head around this - the rest of the itinerary can take some shape - as I am keen to maximise time spent in North of Aust.

Thanks

Alan