Buntine Hwy - Duncan Rd

Jamie, I am totally confused re your proposed route.
Where are you coming from?
I find it difficult to imagine using the Great Central Road to get to Kununurra from anywhere and the Buntine seems to be going in the wrong direction for you too?

Cheers,
Peter

Hi Jamie,

Im also confused about what you want to do but this thread here might be of some help.

Cheers,

Val

Hi Jamie O, Not sure where you want to get onto the Buntine H'way from however when we left Birdsville (when it was flooded) we had to go North to get home which meant via Kununurra, we had to go via Mt Isa. We cut through on the Buchanan H'Way to Top Springs and from there took the Buntine H'Way and finished up on the Victoria H'Way at Willeroo Road House and then onto Timber Creek andKununurra. If you are just going to go GCR then to Stuart H'Way then the Buchanan goes off of there just North of Dunmarra Roadhouse. As for the Duncan Rd, I can't comment on that one as we haven't travelled it.
Now is it better than the Tanami, well depends on what you are looking for, road wise definitely a better road than when we covered the Tanami. The Tanami I feel is better re scenery if you want the 'outback' but the WA half of the road was atrocious when we travelled it about 4 years ago, not sure if it has changed, if not it can only be worse than when we transversed it.
Hope that helps just a tad.
Cheers
Deanna

Sorry for the confusion Peter_n_Margaret / John and Val.

We will be leaving Dunsborough WA tavelling via Kalgoorlie and Laverton to join the GCR & on to Alice.
From there we can either head across the Tanami Road or up the Stuart Hwy to Dunmurra and across the Buchanan & Buntine Hwys then head north to Kununurra on the Duncan Rd.
We will be heading home back down the coast & don't wish to travel the same road each way.

Thanks, Jamie

Thanks all ...... glad I've still got 10 weeks before a decision has to be made

Jamie