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The East Coast of Australia is stunning, but there is hardly a square kilometre that isn’t developed and populated. The West Coast, by comparison, has vast sections where it is possible to feel like you are the only person there! … Continue reading →

The road changes little as you head due east on the Barkly Highway until you approach Mt Isa which is nestled in rugged and hilly country. It has that bare-earth, scarred look that big mining towns so often have. It … Continue reading →

After the slow dusty exit from Purnululu NP to the Great North Highway and a brief top up in Kununurra, our final stop in the Kimberley was beside Lake Argyle. This man made lake is the largest freshwater lake in … Continue reading →

After the bliss of a few hundred kilometres of tar it was a rude shock to take the turn off into the Purnululu National Park. The camp sites were not much more than fifty kms in but even our maps … Continue reading →

El Questro is a very large (1 million acres) working cattle station that has been a favourite destination for travellers in the last couple of decades. This has seen the historic station transformed into a Wilderness Park and the humble … Continue reading →

After our expensive fuel stop at the Mt Barnett Roadhouse we turned off the Gibb River Road and headed north up one of the worst roads we have traveled… to the Mitchell Plateau!  A feature of the Kimberley is lots … Continue reading →

What words can we use to describe the Gibb River Road? Miles of red dust, beautiful river crossings, stunning gorges, very rough dirt roads, Aboriginal communities & ancient artwork, crocodiles, prolific bird life, dingoes, boab trees, screwy pandanas, and did … Continue reading →

After enjoying our 4 nights in Broome we headed due north to explore Cape Levique. Once out of Broome we had to negotiate 89 kilometres of very rough dirt track. A testing mix of dirt and soft sand with constant … Continue reading →

From Port Headland, its 605 kilometres to Broome and about half way between is the Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park. Mind you there are some awesome 24 hour stop points by the road like ‘De Grey’ and ‘Sandfire’ that have open space … Continue reading →

We joined the Great North Hwy and headed for the Pilbara and Karijini National Park. The land was quite green from recent rains and we crossed several creek beds – some with quite an amount of water. Quintessential Aussie outback! … Continue reading →