Bugger! Now you've gone and made me "home sick".
It's magic country. So much to see over such a vast area. Every kilometre yields something spectacular.
Take your time and enjoy every bit of it.
That site is certainly full of all the information you'll need.
Are you heading that way, or did you just want to share the site's info?
tonyd said
11:42 PM Oct 21, 2009
Hi Chris, Yes, it's a ripper site (I pinched it from the exploreoz site). I hope to head off north from Perth about May next year, to get to the GRR about mid-June (to beat the hordes and before the European invasion starts). After that, who knows? There's so much to see up that way and I should have the time to take things easy (God willing and weather permitting, as my former mother-in-law used to say). I've never been north of Carnarvon, so it will all be an adventure. I have yet to acquire the vehicle/trailer for the trip, but part of the fun of being a recent retiree is having the time to wander around used car yards bugging the hell out of those earnest young men in cheap suits and taking their Prados/Cruisers/Patrols for test drives. And then there's the choice of camper trailer, and there seem to be almost as many of them as there are football fans in Melbourne. What the hell, it gives me something to do! I hope our paths will intersect one of these days. Cheers, TonyD
Firefly said
10:39 AM Oct 22, 2009
Thanks for that link Tony, sounds like we will be on the GRR at the same time next year mate, hope to see you there.
dave06 said
11:21 AM Oct 22, 2009
yeah the grr sites not bad but it aint a spot on the real thing, the road itself is nothing special just be sure and do the off shoots, be prepared and take it slow, dont become another statistic, watch the rocks after the grader has been through, they'll tear your tyres to shreds
Disco Duck said
03:17 PM Oct 22, 2009
Good site Tony................Thanks.
justcruisin01 said
08:15 PM Oct 22, 2009
G'Day Tony , We done the Gibb last year.& up to Mitchell Falls .
Done a flight from Drysdale st over the Prince Regent Reserve to the Kimbley coast & back over Kings Cascades,& Mitchell falls, then drove to the falls as well .
Wyndham, must do the fiveways lookout , [ over look five rivers ].
From Wyndham we found a 4x4 track that took us out to the north behind the ****burn Range & came out at the Penticost rv.We think it crossed some of the back blocks of Elquestro, that was wild country.
The georges along the way are spectactular ,we olso done the Horrizantal Falls out of Broome .
Great stuff, take your time & enjoy...................................................
jimricho said
08:48 PM Oct 22, 2009
justcruisin01 wrote:
G'Day Tony , We done the Gibb last year.& up to Mitchell Falls .
Done a flight from Drysdale st over the Prince Regent Reserve to the Kimbley coast & back over Kings Cascades,& Mitchell falls, then drove to the falls as well .
Wyndham, must do the fiveways lookout , [ over look five rivers ].
From Wyndham we found a 4x4 track that took us out to the north behind the ****burn Range & came out at the Penticost rv.We think it crossed some of the back blocks of Elquestro, that was wild country.
The georges along the way are spectactular ,we olso done the Horrizantal Falls out of Broome .
Great stuff, take your time & enjoy...................................................
Did the GRR several years ago, also Kalumuru and Mitchell Falls. Also the stock route across the blacksoil river flats to Wyndham. I didn't know that the spectacular mountain range there was called the "asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk-burn range" .
(yes I know the asterisks were inserted by some pointy headed warped asterisk-face at activeboard.com)
Peter_n_Margaret said
11:27 PM Oct 22, 2009
C.o.c.k.burn Ranges.........Mount C.o.c.k.burn and False Mount C.o.c.k burn......
Cheers, Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 10:28:49 PM
Mike47 said
02:00 AM Oct 23, 2009
This is also an excelent website
http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/
dave06 said
10:50 AM Oct 23, 2009
easily spend a fortune and a lifetime up there, we did six months about ten years ago and the memory has never left, absolutely amazing country, didnt do any flights though, we couldn afford it, just have to go back again one day just for that
Heading for the Kimberley?
This new site looks like an invaluable source of information:
http://www.gibbriverroad.net/
Cheers, TonyD
Yes, it's a ripper site (I pinched it from the exploreoz site).
I hope to head off north from Perth about May next year, to get to the GRR about mid-June (to beat the hordes and before the European invasion starts).
After that, who knows? There's so much to see up that way and I should have the time to take things easy (God willing and weather permitting, as my former mother-in-law used to say). I've never been north of Carnarvon, so it will all be an adventure.
I have yet to acquire the vehicle/trailer for the trip, but part of the fun of being a recent retiree is having the time to wander around used car yards bugging the hell out of those earnest young men in cheap suits and taking their Prados/Cruisers/Patrols for test drives.
And then there's the choice of camper trailer, and there seem to be almost as many of them as there are football fans in Melbourne.
What the hell, it gives me something to do!
I hope our paths will intersect one of these days.
Cheers, TonyD
Done a flight from Drysdale st over the Prince Regent Reserve to the Kimbley coast & back over Kings Cascades,& Mitchell falls, then drove to the falls as well .
Wyndham, must do the fiveways lookout , [ over look five rivers ].
From Wyndham we found a 4x4 track that took us out to the north behind the ****burn Range & came out at the Penticost rv.We think it crossed some of the back blocks of Elquestro, that was wild country.
The georges along the way are spectactular ,we olso done the Horrizantal Falls out of Broome .
Great stuff, take your time & enjoy...................................................
(yes I know the asterisks were inserted by some pointy headed warped asterisk-face at activeboard.com)
Cheers,
Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 10:28:49 PM
http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/