arnhem land

Tks for the note. I was thinking of a trip as remote as possible. Starting say Burketown, following the coast as close as possible to Hells Gate, n Nathan River Nungukurr, Bulman, Nanangala,Maningride, Black Point and then onto Darwin

You may be able to get access to the coast from individual stations but as I recall there is really only the road from Burketown to Borroloola and then up to the Roper River. Nathan River is now a National Park. You can get access close to the coast at Lorella Springs and also if you go out to Roper River mouth. Access into Arnhemland via Ngukurr is most likely a pipe dream as permits are not given out. You may get a permit to drive to Nhulunbuy from and back to Katherine. Black Point is accessible via permit at great cost (about $250 as I recall)from the East Alligator crossing


Cheers

Tks Geoff, do u know if you can divert to Nangala and then head west towards Darwin if I went to Nhulunbuy 1st? Rgds Stu

Stu, As Richard states, you can't get permits to go off the main track into Gove. Once in Gove permits to access the beach etc is available from Dhimurru, at a cost.

Where abouts are you tobster?

On the subject of permits for East Arhnem Land, the Northern Lands Council, NT Police nor Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation can give you an exact definition as to what the Federal Intervention means by " permit system is cancelled"

Access to Nhulunbuy from Katherine is not a problem on a "no cost" permit from NLC. Trip should take you anywhere from 9 - 12 hours depending on how aften you want to stop. 12 hours is a comfortable trip allowing stops for the Enscarpment, Bulman and

(Personaly I think it's about time a lot of these communities in the NT started giving controlled access to ALL Australians.

After living in Arhnem Land for the last 30 years I have to admit it's taken me a very long time to realise just how disenfranchised a larger percentage of the balanda population here have become).