The road to Cape Leveque
Submitted: Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:03
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uneekwahn
I was last at
Cape Leveque in July / August 2007 and when up there they were laying a lot of tarmac down.
Can anyone tell me where the tarmac begins and ends now?
Cheers,
Jason.
Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:14
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:14
Jason,
The black top starts about 2k south of the
Beagle Bay turn off. It is sealed all the way to
Cape Leveque turn off.
Wayne
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Follow Up By: uneekwahn - Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:17
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:17
Wow. That's amazing. So how long does a trip from
Broome to
Cape Leveque take now? I think it took us a little over 3 hours.
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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:20
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 14:20
uneekwahn,
The rest of the road is dirt and does vary in condition. It is about 200k and the trip would still take over 2h 30m.
Wayne
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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 15:38
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 15:38
Amazing as I just finished posting a blog from our trip up there in Mid 2006 and it was a Hell road with only one stretch of bitumen. Amazing how quick they can spend the rate payers money if they want to!
The Hell Road to Cape Leveque
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Mick
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 19:50
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 19:50
Yep I can concur with Mick, it was a lovely patch of dirt then. Corrugations 450mm apart and about 200mm deep, then deep soft sand and then the road became v shaped. 2 hrs to do the notorious 87km stretch.
Wish I was on it now. LOL
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Reply By: pojo - Tuesday, Dec 09, 2008 at 20:54
Tuesday, Dec 09, 2008 at 20:54
I believe the roadworks were carried out by the ARMY giving engineers etc. first hand experience , if this was the case I say bring it on let there be more of this sort of spending of our money.
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Follow Up By: Member - David T (SA) - Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:13
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 at 01:13
I disagree. As soon as the road is good the place will be crowded. Leave the corrugations and only the determined will go. After all why do we drive 4wd's.
Cheers
Dave
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