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Advise needed: how many days for Gibb river road.
G'day,
I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). Thanks! Marc |
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Marc mmiatocedotenel wrote:
G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). We did the Gibb River Road in early October 2000. We took 4 days from Kununarra to Derby. That was including a side trip to Windjana Gorge (but not to Tunnel Creek), but not the Kulumbura road. We had sufficient time to take it easy and walk to and swim in the river and gorges. However I'm worried about your "okt/nov 2005". You will have to do the GRR in *early* October. Later in October is too late (due to the wet season) and November is way too late. Our last day on the GRR was the 11th of October and even then the road into the Silent Grove campground (Bell Gorge?) was closed due to rain. We could still get out of the campground, but nobody could get in anymore. |
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Marc mmiatocedotenel wrote:
G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). We did the Gibb River Road in early October 2000. We took 4 days from Kununarra to Derby. That was including a side trip to Windjana Gorge (but not to Tunnel Creek), but not the Kulumbura road. We had sufficient time to take it easy and walk to and swim in the river and gorges. However I'm worried about your "okt/nov 2005". You will have to do the GRR in *early* October. Later in October is too late (due to the wet season) and November is way too late. Our last day on the GRR was the 11th of October and even then the road into the Silent Grove campground (Bell Gorge?) was closed due to rain. We could still get out of the campground, but nobody could get in anymore. |
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Marc mmiatocedotenel wrote:
G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). We did the Gibb River Road in early October 2000. We took 4 days from Kununarra to Derby. That was including a side trip to Windjana Gorge (but not to Tunnel Creek), but not the Kulumbura road. We had sufficient time to take it easy and walk to and swim in the river and gorges. However I'm worried about your "okt/nov 2005". You will have to do the GRR in *early* October. Later in October is too late (due to the wet season) and November is way too late. Our last day on the GRR was the 11th of October and even then the road into the Silent Grove campground (Bell Gorge?) was closed due to rain. We could still get out of the campground, but nobody could get in anymore. |
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"Marc" mmiatocedotenel wrote in message ... G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). Thanks! Marc I done by bus before. But i would think u need well over a week. Australian Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and Optus sim card bids starting at 99p ! Vodafone Cards for sale from £6.99. Telstra sim cards for sale from £9.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...lian-Sim-Cards http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...tralian-Photos Australian and NZ Forum - Upload and view your photos for free. http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/index.php Resister for free at http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/register.php http://www.poms.co.uk/austsraliansimcard.htm http://www.simcard.me.uk/australian_sim_card.htm |
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"Marc" mmiatocedotenel wrote in message ... G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). Thanks! Marc I done by bus before. But i would think u need well over a week. Australian Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and Optus sim card bids starting at 99p ! Vodafone Cards for sale from £6.99. Telstra sim cards for sale from £9.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...lian-Sim-Cards http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...tralian-Photos Australian and NZ Forum - Upload and view your photos for free. http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/index.php Resister for free at http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/register.php http://www.poms.co.uk/austsraliansimcard.htm http://www.simcard.me.uk/australian_sim_card.htm |
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"Marc" mmiatocedotenel wrote in message ... G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). Thanks! Marc I done by bus before. But i would think u need well over a week. Australian Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and Optus sim card bids starting at 99p ! Vodafone Cards for sale from £6.99. Telstra sim cards for sale from £9.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...lian-Sim-Cards http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...tralian-Photos Australian and NZ Forum - Upload and view your photos for free. http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/index.php Resister for free at http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/register.php http://www.poms.co.uk/austsraliansimcard.htm http://www.simcard.me.uk/australian_sim_card.htm |
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Nov is still OK, the rains don't generally start till late Dec there. But
the heat! Also by that time of the year the corrugations will shake all your tooth fillings out. Remember, its a Loooong way from anywhere out there. We had a vehicle problem that rammed home the fact that at Kulumburu, you are 700 kms from the nearest town, and there are no services at Kalumburu.... Allow another 4 days for the Kalumburu road and the sights it has (Mitchell Plateau and the Falls.) "Marc" mmiatocedotenel wrote in message ... G'day, I'm planning a trip from Darwin to Perth, okt/nov 2005. How many day's should be planned for the "Gibb river road" and added for the side trip on the kulumbura road? I want to take it slow and get a good idee of this part of the Kimberley's. Mode of transport a 4wd camper (L. cruiser). Thanks! Marc |
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