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.

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 wrote:

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Whats phone and internet coverage like on the Gibb to book sites ahead, what about mapping? Ta

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 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

Cupie wrote:

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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

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 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