Svannnah Way

2007 gwezza, so not so recent, but there is a slide show here with a few pics of the section along the Gulf.
(The Savannah Way runs all the way from Cairns to Broome).
Slide show
Should not be too much drama with a 'dirt road' van, but a 'black top' van might suffer a bit, unless you take it very quietly.
The Calvert River Crossing is a bit 'boney', the rest is no drama if it is dry.

Chers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

hi gweza
about 10 days ago the chillego to normanton section had some
really washed out crossings, open but far from good needs to be a reasonable heighted van, normanton to burketown abit better
cheers Ken

Hi there Peter and Gwen,

Last May we did the Savannah way from Burketown to Borroloola in our single axel Jayco caravan. Before we left we had it raised flipped the axel I'm told. it took us 2 days, the road was quite corrigated in parts but as my husband says you can go most places if you drive to conditions. But all in all a really good trip. If your looking for somewhere to stay at Boroloola, your best bet is to go out to King Ash Bay and stay at Batton Point it is free camping in a lovely spot we had a terrific time there.

That was our experience and we loved it.

Takecare
Andrea

Hi Peter,

We are on the Savannah Way as we speak.Well actually we've made it to Karumba coming from the east coast. We are travelling in a dual axle caravan and so far haven't had any problems. Just trying to find out something about the road conditions from Burketown to Boroloola as we speak. Getting conflicting reports about whether we can get our van through or not. Some sites are saying that there is still water over the road, but they haven't been updated for some time. This is our first trip in our van and haven't encountered any real problems. I think the next section will be our test.

We travelled Savannah Way (Broome-Kakadu-Cairns) last July/August with a camper trailer and had no problem other than a broken/fatigued spring on the trailer. Got stuck in Boroloola for three 3 nights rather than one.

Some very harsh dips just east of Boroloola and the road is corrugated but nothing impassable at the time. Take the whole part at an easy pace with an off-road van and you should be fine. Lots of corrugations!!

Watch for big bulldust holes, close to but, west of Doomadgee

I found King Ash Bay to be unsuitable for camping as it was very dry and dusty. We stayed at the park in town which is grassed.

You can drive up to the coast in a short time from Boroloola also.

Some beautiful country around Cape Crawford. Road House at Cape Crawford had the loudest generator I have ever heard!!