Karijini to Exmouth

Certainly no need to go through Karratha.

Go through Paraburdoo then onto Nanaturra. Its sealed all the way.

Another option is to go through Tom Price. There is a road that goes from Tom Price to the Nanaturra road which is gravel but pretty good, on par with what you'll encounter in Karaijini. They have been working on sealing the Tom Price - Nanaturra rd for a while. Might be finished now. I havent been there since May. The Tom Price route is slightly quicker than the Para route.

Karijini and Exmouth are both great spots

Enjoy your trip

Dan

another way is if you want to see millstream ( and drop into hamersley gorge on the way past is tom price, hamersley gorge -> pannawonica -> nanuturra -> exmouth.
it's dirt from the other side of tom price to pannawonica but it's mostly good 70-80kmh stuff.
we went that way in late april this year.

Or you could follow the dirt road through Millstream to Roebourne which is about 30km north of Karratha and much more scenic. Another option would be to get to Auski Roadhouse about 35km north of the karijini turnoff on the Gt Nth Hwy,head 99km nth and turn off east towards Marble Bar. From Marble Bar you can go to Port Hedland or stay on the dirt and head up the Boreline Track which comes out about 50km south of 80 mile beach which is nearly half way to Broome.

Yes you can

We came down to Exmouth on Friday from Tom Price.

Went up to the turn off at Karajini to Paraburdoo to Nanuturra where we stayed the night at the roadhouse
Was $22 and the loos are clean.
Next day nice trip to Exmouth

Is a bit far to do in one hit 635k from Tom Price

Exmouth is busy might pay to book ahead.

Whales off the point yesterday A magic place.

Is this query related to your previous enquiry about Perth to Karratha via inland route.
If so its shorter by 47km to go from Karajini to near Port Hedland and come back to Karratha than to go via Paraburdoo and Nanutarra.

The gravel roads change very quickly. We went up in September 2003 and we were told the roads were good.

After Karijini we went up to Auski road house and turned in through Wittenoom and on to millstream. After Milstream we went out to the coast road and up to Hedland. The gravel roads were shyzenhouse.

REALLY BAD!!!

Mick,
I did this trip two years ago and probably will do it again next year. Karajini is awesome can soak up a week easily (we found 5 days very hectic). We went from Karajini to Millstream (via Tom Price and the Hamersley/Pilbara Iron Rail Access Road) and camped there for a day and a half, had a fantastic spot right alongside the water and enjoyed some swimming and fishing in the evening. The gravel roads in the park were poor (mostly 40-50kph) and the rails access road varied from reasonably good (80kph) to bad (40-50kph). From here we travelled to Pannawonica via the Millstream-Pannawonica road (I think its Skull Springs road on old maps). At the time it was a 80-90kph road most of the way. From Panna to Exmouth is all sealed road. There is a gorge and swimming hole outside Pannawonica called "Running Waters" which is a must do while in the area and is a good camping spot if you have time and the water levels are up. Great bird life and photography here.

We towed a heavily loaded Kimberley kamper with a heavily loaded LC100 and on the poor gravel roads I ran 22psi front tyres, 25psi rear tyres, 17psi camper trailer tyres. On the faster gravel I ran 25, 28 and left the camper alone. No flats and a much more comfy ride. My tyre sizes at the time were 285x75x16 on the LC100 and 265x75x16 on the camper.

My old trip notes for this section are:
Tom Price - Pannawonica (via Millstream) distance was 303kms, fuel used was 42ltrs. The fuel price at the time was 1.430 ltr which was the cheaper than every fuel stop other than Geraldton & Perth (9.5 cents cheaper than Tom Price).

From Pannawonica to Exmouth via Coral bay and some exploring over a couple of days we travelled 645kms and used 136ltrs fuel.

Cheers

Rob G