savannah way

Hi arnoldo

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Savannah Way

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Tezza

The section from Normanton to Burketown can be very corrugated in some dry seasons - maybe other travellers can give up to date detail on this? One issue for you will be lack of fuel from Burketown (some limited access to fuel at Doomadgee) to Borroloola as the roadhouses that used to exist through there have closed down.

You can now get fuel 7 days a week on the highway at Doomagee, Its a new road house

thanks a lot guys for your info

arnoldo

We traveled the Savannah Way 11 months ago. Hells Gate road House was closed. However the sign said they would supply Emergency fuel Cash only. You may also be able to camp there.

We traveled from Borroloola to Normington with refelling the Patrol.

Borroloola has a caravan park which is pretty basic, having said that the Bathroom facilities were excellent. There are a couple of Servos in the town, the pumps at the General Store were the cheapest.

We stayed at the Heartbreak Hotel at their camping ground. Lots of green grass but their facilities were very basic. (PS Lots of sand flies)

The road from Heartbreak Hotel to Roper Bar was very corrugated in parts. Where the grader had been OK. Lots of creek crossings with varying levels and flows.

Roper Bar has only one store. We certainly did not fuel up their and not worth the small diversion off the main road.

There is about 20kms of the worst dirt road to the bitumen I have ever traveled on. The bitumen road to to Katherine is a single strip and you may have to share it with mining trucks.

We had a great time hope you do too.

Chris

Some side trips off the Savannah Way you might like to think about are 1) Cobbold Gorge - can go in yourself if road not too rough or do it on a trip run by Bedrock Village CP at Mt Surprise. Ditto Undara lava Tubes. 2) Cut south from Normanton or Burketown or Doomadgee to Lawn Hill NP/Adels Grove. 3) Kingfisher Camp - if it is still operating? Further west 4) Keep River NP - excellent.

King fisher camp is well worth an extended stay, beautifull lawns and great paper bark trees for shade, really great fishing and fantastic walks. Also found the fees to be extermely cheap Col

October will be geting hot (even at night) and May will be water (some deep pariticularly the GRR). If you have A/C in the caravan with genset you will be fine in Oct.

Make sure you drop your tyre pressures to reduce the chance of blowouts including the caravan.

Camp about 10km+ away from bf' camps. I had to pay cash last year at doomadgee.

Petrol or Diesel Pajero?
Have you a long distance fuel tank?

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