I know this is personal choice however is doing the Gibb Rd worth it or just stick to the GNH. Have been doing a fair of research and if you take your time its doable but suppose after 10 gorges they all look the same. Ta.
-- Edited by Webmaster on Thursday 11th of January 2024 11:25:55 AM
Cassie63 said
04:38 PM Jan 10, 2024
Sorry big fingers- Gibb river Rd
Cuppa said
04:53 PM Jan 10, 2024
It really depends on what you like.
I love all the different gorges - if they start to look all the same it's a pretty sure sign that your are pushing on too fast, getting tired & not really appreciating what you went there to see. I experienced this on a motorcycle trip years ago, arriving at a place I had seen pics of & dreamt of visiting & wondering why I had bothered. I've never been 'gorged out' again since. The key to the GRR is to take your time & plan to stay at many places for a day or two at least if you can. More staying than going as it were. I also think it well worthwhile going up to Kalumburu & stopping off at the various places along the way. It really depends upon what your tolerance for dust & corrugations are.
The great northern Highway is a good drive too, but that & the GRR are completely different experiences.
Meredith said
06:11 PM Jan 10, 2024
For us it was definitely worth it, we have travelled it three times over the past 20 years, didn't do every gorge each time but spent many many weeks there and didn't run out of things to see and do. Each place is different. If you don't want to drive the whole Gibb River road I would suggest you at least go see a bit of it from each end, El Questro is easily accessible from Kununurra and Windjana and Tunnel Creek from Derby, not hard to go on a bit further each end too.
gold dandelion said
08:22 PM Jan 10, 2024
we spent 17 days on the Gibb, don't listen to peoples advice about not calling into this or that one, check them out yourself, they are all a bit unique. Mitchell falls is worth it as well.
Cassie63 said
06:16 AM Jan 11, 2024
Whats phone and internet coverage like on the Gibb to book sites ahead, what about mapping?
Ta
Cuppa said
08:17 AM Jan 11, 2024
Cassie63 wrote:
Whats phone and internet coverage like on the Gibb to book sites ahead, what about mapping? Ta
Try these 2 links. Basically Mobile phone cover is very limited, & often not good enough for internet when it is available but there are public phones at a number of places & some sites have Satellite internet you pay for. Booking ahead isn't generally needed apart from the AWC properties (if they have reopened after the Cyclone Ellie floods). If staying in touch 24/7 is essential your only options are satellite Phone or Starlink.
-- Edited by Cuppa on Thursday 11th of January 2024 08:27:08 AM
Cupie said
09:01 AM Jan 11, 2024
Not sure if the Author's news letters are still being published or if this guide is also regularly updated. I used to get them a couple of times a year.
In any case they were a good source of information on the area.
Not sure if the Author's news letters are still being published or if this guide is also regularly updated. I used to get them a couple of times a year.
In any case they were a good source of information on the area.
I had a bit to do with Birgit over the years. She in now living in Europe & I'm not sure if she updates from a distance using her many contacts in the Kimberley for info or not. Certainly the newsletters stopped quite some time back. No doubt that she provided the best info available for many years, but she became disillusioned by the negative changes to the Kimberley from the greatly increased 'entitled tourism' over time. My links posted earlier are to her work, but I don't think phone coverage has changed much, if at all since it was published.
-- Edited by Cuppa on Thursday 11th of January 2024 04:55:55 PM
I know this is personal choice however is doing the Gibb Rd worth it or just stick to the GNH. Have been doing a fair of research and if you take your time its doable but suppose after 10 gorges they all look the same. Ta.
-- Edited by Webmaster on Thursday 11th of January 2024 11:25:55 AM
I love all the different gorges - if they start to look all the same it's a pretty sure sign that your are pushing on too fast, getting tired & not really appreciating what you went there to see. I experienced this on a motorcycle trip years ago, arriving at a place I had seen pics of & dreamt of visiting & wondering why I had bothered. I've never been 'gorged out' again since. The key to the GRR is to take your time & plan to stay at many places for a day or two at least if you can. More staying than going as it were. I also think it well worthwhile going up to Kalumburu & stopping off at the various places along the way. It really depends upon what your tolerance for dust & corrugations are.
The great northern Highway is a good drive too, but that & the GRR are completely different experiences.
Try these 2 links. Basically Mobile phone cover is very limited, & often not good enough for internet when it is available but there are public phones at a number of places & some sites have Satellite internet you pay for. Booking ahead isn't generally needed apart from the AWC properties (if they have reopened after the Cyclone Ellie floods). If staying in touch 24/7 is essential your only options are satellite Phone or Starlink.
https://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/gibb-river-road-mobile-phone-reception.html
https://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/gibb-river-road.html
-- Edited by Cuppa on Thursday 11th of January 2024 08:27:08 AM
Not sure if the Author's news letters are still being published or if this guide is also regularly updated. I used to get them a couple of times a year.
In any case they were a good source of information on the area.
https://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/kimberley-travel-guide.html
I had a bit to do with Birgit over the years. She in now living in Europe & I'm not sure if she updates from a distance using her many contacts in the Kimberley for info or not. Certainly the newsletters stopped quite some time back. No doubt that she provided the best info available for many years, but she became disillusioned by the negative changes to the Kimberley from the greatly increased 'entitled tourism' over time. My links posted earlier are to her work, but I don't think phone coverage has changed much, if at all since it was published.
-- Edited by Cuppa on Thursday 11th of January 2024 04:55:55 PM