Kalumburu Road, open or not.

There seems to be some confusion as to open or not regarding the Kalumburu Road.

The Kalumburu Road has been open from the junction of the GR road to Drysdale River Station since Mon the 8 th May.
There is a chain accross the road near here which blocks access North, the Shire ( and us locals ) are sick to death of one or two people going round the closed signs and stuffing the road for everyone for weeks longer after they get bogged in it. Keep off it and it will open much sonner for all to use, big bog holes take SO much longer to dry out.

The present plan is to open the Kalumburu Road as far North as the Mitchell Plateau turn off on Monday 22 nd May. The grader is presently working on some wash outs in this section that would force you to take to the bush. I guess it will depend if they manage to get the work done by Monday as per plan. The grader may yet get bogged !
The King Edward River crossing is still deep and MAY not be suitable for some of the smaller & and or petrol vehicles. I gather there are a couple of holes in the crossing so it should be checked before the decision is made to cross it.
At the end of the day it is up to you if you feel comfortable with the depth etc. There are wash outs on the Mitchell plateau track as well & a few fallen trees are currently being removed.
It will be proceed with care on the Mitchell Plateau track when they do open it. I guess it will be a while yet before they manage to get the grader along all of it.
Do not take this as definate, I am only telling you what the plan is.
cheers, Anne