Burketown to Borroloola

We will see you as we pass going the other way!

I will see you passing the other way too.

CRV with a off road camper

GC

Bruce we travelled this road in September 2007,road was fine all high speed dirt.
Make sure you call into the Burketown visitors centre, one of the better ones.

As for camping we camped just to the east of Burketown on the Albert river,lots of good bush camps, then there is good camping at the Calvert river,about 80 km past border or further on at Robinson river.I think you will find you can find camps at most of the river crossings either in river bed or on banks.

Adam.

We came thru from Borroloola to Burketown in mid Sept 2007 towing a 21' caravan (not offroader but has Simplicity suspension) and road good - we found a 50km stretch near the border and near the mine very rough.

Also near Domagee fairly rough but they were grading at the time so probably good now. If you drive according to the conditions you'll be fine.

Some of the signage is good - look for one near Wollogorang - a dip with an sign on the ground with 2 explanation marks !! - we wondered what it meant - and found out as we sailed over the other side a meter in the air! The other side had washed away - it was a doozie!
Dips vary too - although the sign doesn't - a dip can be a 250mm culvert or a 30m drop river crossing

Bruce as others have said it is normally a pretty good road. Can be badly corrugated at times, so you might need to adjust tyre pressure and speed to suit.
Other than that, it is a matter of the timing of the wet season. For example, 2006 was a very big and late wet season. In late July, most of the road had been graded, but there were still a lot of wash outs that required care while crossing. In June and early July 2006, you probably would not have got through with your rig.

Just past Doomagee (heading West), there is a turn off that will take you down to Kingfisher Camp on Bowthorn Station. A great place to camp and relax for a few days. From there you can go the back way to Lawn Hill. A bit out of your way, but a brilliant spot.

If you have a boat per chance, King Ash Bay, North of Borroloola is a top spot. We will be there for at least a couple of months this year.