Camping on the Gary Junction Highway

who is going to stop u camping on the Gary Junction Highway?

There are plenty of opportunities to camp, with Well 33 near Kunawarritji and Jupiter Well being popular and pleasant places to stay. Transit permit required.

Motherhen

Des,
You might need to clarify which road your talking about?
* Gary Junction Road
* Gary Highway
Paul.

If all else fail's Don't drive tired
Norm

Des

Camp where you like, who will stop you, and who will really care.

We did, and had no worries.

One night near Jupiter Well, on the side of the road, and the other night just a little East of Papunya

Cheers
Bucky

Hi Al

When we did the SBJT a number of years ago, we had to camp on the side of the road between Kintore and Papunya. There were many great spots to choose from and we were well off of the road. Having said that there were a number of cars that drove past during the night while we had the camp fire going that would have been visible from the road and the locals that would have been driving at night did not stop and say we should not be camping there.

Cheers

Stephen

G'day Des,
The 2 permits required are (last year)

Central Lands Council – Northern Territory
http://www.clc.org.au/OnlinePermits/ApplicantDetails.aspx?0=Transit
Papunya to WA Border
Glen Helen to Papunya
http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Entry-Permits/Apply-For-A-Permit.aspx
Gary Junction Rd
I never saw any other camping restrictions than the 3 days to cross one section.
- NGAANYATJARRA COUNCIL
RESERVE ENTRY PERMIT APPLICATION - they allow a maximum of 3days to cross their section.
There was a restriction on the number of vehicles, I think if more than 6 they wanted the convoy broken up.
There was no charge, but quite a delay in getting one of them and they pin you down to the dates of travel.

We had a couple of policemen call into our first camp at night west of Papunya,
they had a big yarn, were very friendly and told us the best places to buy fuel. Mainly the times of fuel supply at Kintore were not the same as the map states. There are alcohol restrictions as well.

Cheers,
Bill

Hello Des,

The Gary Junction Road is one of our favourite outback roads, I hope that you enjoy it too.

We travelled with Bucky who posted a reply before..and the spot east of Papunya was beside the Derwent River about 20kms east of Papunya.

There are lots of good bush camp opportunities - some have been mentioned already eg Jupiters Well. There is a good camp spot west of Papunya, not sure how far but its at the first Len Beadell plaque. Its amongst trees and is very roomy.

About 30kms from the WA border (heading westwards you come to the Dover Hills and groves of Desert Oak. We found a good camp by following a track off to the south side of the track up to an old quarry.

I hope you enjoy your journey. The two times we've been on the Gary Junction its been in good condition for the most of it. We found that it took us three days/two nights to cross and reached Marble Bar on the third night.

If you can detour to Carawine Gorge that is another beautiful spot to camp and enjoy a break. The turn off is just as you meet the bitumen after being on the Telfer Mine Road and then you follow the signs...



Best wishes

Viv