Great central Road

Boots,

I was last on the Great Centarl Rd in Sep 2005 and was surprised at how much it has changed. It is now a pretty wide sand / dirt road and is good for about 60 - 80 kph most of the way. I encountered no wash-aways or bad spots, just a few kms of corrugations at various stages.

I've just checked my saved GPS track and we did the trip from Yulara to Laverton in 2 days. The most common places to "see" along the way are Lassetters Cave and the Weather Station at Giles - which will let you come in for a tour if you tee it up in adavnce!

As far as camping goes, we just stopped when the time was right in the middle of no-where and had a ball.

You are correct about requiring two permits to transit the GCR.

Can't help you with the Broome / sidetrip bit - but I'm sure someone will soon.

Enjoy your trip,

Unless it's had rain, the GCR is a bush highway. 2 days max. If you stay at Warberton you'll be in Yulara in time for tea. When I went one of the conditions of my permit was that I only camp in designated camping areas. And there were precious few of those.
Gheeki Gorge was well worth the visit. However it's outside of Fitzroy crossing, not near the GRR . Not sure of your Tanami comment as it runs from the Alice through to Halls Creek, well before the GRR.
Have fun.

Hi Boots, your side trip to Geike Gorge is probably beyond a day trip, about 400 k
from Broome, but not impossible with a real early start. Probably better to camp there & return via Tunnel Creek & Windjana Gorge if you didnt do those from the Gibb River Road, both worth a visit.. oldbaz.