Monday, Sep 01, 2003 at 18:53
The
Gibb River RD is generally good,there are patches of rough corrigations ,but we travelled over most of the rougher stuff at around 60-80 km without any trouble( I drive a Nissan diesal GU, other vehicles included a troopy ,80 series towing a c/trailer,and a Prado all with mod
suspension except the Prado) duration maybe patches of 10-15km.Ellebrea station appeared a nice place to stay
El Questro is alright although is tourist city the charge 25.00 per couple (plus 12.50
camp fees,p/p)to enter irrespective of whether you
camp there or not ask for a private
camp which cost the same and are quite good.Wyndam is a little bit ordinary although down by the port is good and the
lookout is great,Kunanurra is good we stayed at the Kunanurra caravan park good facilities friendly people ect not far out.
Halls Creek is also similar to Wyndam although the most people seamed friendly enough (there is an indigeanous element which hang around the main shopping area didnt give us any trouble though)
Derby is good the locals seem to keep to themselves mainly on the outskirts of town we found the place had good facilities ,The rd to
MItchell Plat is very rough we are used to crap and this was!we camped at King Edward on the way in which is free and very pleasant (we were told the rd was to be graded the week after we headed out so by know it could be good ?)
Cape Leveque is lovely the rd is pretty good although there are again corrigated patches and plenty of sand(watch out for the local drivers they arent on holidays and as the rd is narrow can be a bit interesting, dont be scared ps and any rented britz type vehicle they have got absolutly no clues at all !!) you had to book to
camp at the very top (
Cape Leveque)we stayed at
middle lagoon windy but nice you are right on the ocean they do have cabins (shade cloth walls) I would advise a phone call to arrange a booking even if you are camping and make sure you use dates not tomorrow,or the next day etc(stuffed ours up) we got a bit gorged out if I was to say what dissappointed me it would be GIEKE
gorge all the others although similar ie water fall,
gorge, lovely swimming holes, etc they are all spectaculer you may also need to book for
bell gorge we didnt and stayed at silent grove we set up late morning went and played came back to be surrounded the booked sites are private
camp areas further up towards
the gorge Weather we had one day of rain at
broome the day we went to cape L. temperature was around high 20s -- low,mid 30s.tourist wher plentiful in the built up poular touristy areas otherwise not to bad hope this is helpfull I had no real idea of any required time frame rd condition info was varied etc(we found the rd conditions passed on info was dependant on what heo person is used to and what they drive )when i started to plan our trip if you drive carefully and at a spead YOURE comfortable with I suspect you will have a great time as we did ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!
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