
Australia 2001
|
|
Date |
Departure |
Arrival |
Km
sealed road |
Km
unsealed
road/track
|
Weather |
|
driving
conditions may change at any time, due to weather conditions and road
maintenance |
| 18.06. |
Arrival
Perth |
|
|
|
| 19.06. |
Perth |
|
|
sunny,
21°C |
| 20.06. |
Perth |
Meekatharra |
743 |
|
morning
fog, sunny 20°C |
| 21.06. |
Meekatharra |
Mt
Augustus |
|
334
easy
we needed 5.5h
|
sunny,
breeze 23°C |
| 22.06. |
Mt
Augustus |
Tom
Price |
32
|
423
Dooley Downs Road: easy to moderate
Pingandy Downs Road: easy to moderate (partly steep and
winding)
Ashburton Downs Road: easy
|
sunny,
breeze 24°C |
|
we needed 8h
|
| 23.06. |
TomPrice |
Karijini
N.P. |
Tom
Price |
100 |
164
easy
|
sunny,
breeze 22°C |
| 24.06. |
Tom
Price |
South
Hedland
via Millstream N.P.
|
160 |
346
easy
|
sunny
25°C |
|
we needed 5h
|
| 25.06. |
South
Hedland |
Broome |
606 |
|
sunny
32°C |
| 26.06. |
Broome |
Cape
Leveque |
Broome |
47 |
360
moderate sandy, corrugated, partly very
narrow
|
sunny
33°C |
|
we needed
3.5h one way
|
| 27.06. |
Broome |
27 |
|
sunny
31°C |
| 28.06. |
Broome |
Derby |
218 |
|
sunny
33°C |
| 29.06. |
Derby |
Windjana
Gorge |
70 |
78
Gibb River Road
easy
|
sunny
32°C |
|
we needed 1h
|
| 30.06. |
Windjana
Gorge |
Mt
Barnett Roadhouse |
|
267
Gibb River Road
easy
we needed 4.5h
|
sunny
32°C |
| 01.07. |
Mt
Barnett Roadhouse |
Jack's
Waterhole Durack River Stn |
|
240
Gibb River Road
easy
we needed 4h
|
sunny
26°C |
| 02.07. |
Jack's
Waterhole |
Kununurra |
57 |
128
Gibb River Road
easy
deeply corrugated stretches, Pentecost River: wide, rocky ford (app.
100m)
|
sunny
32°C |
|
we needed 2.5h
|
| 03.07. |
Kununurra |
88 |
|
sunny
32°C |
| 04.07. |
Kununurra |
Bungle
Bungles (Purnululu N.P., Kurrajong Camp) |
348 |
60
Spring Creek Track
moderate
partly narrow, jump-ups, sharp dips, creek-crossings
|
sunny
34°C |
|
we needed 2h10'
(count 2.5-3h)
|
| 05.07. |
Purnululu
National Park |
|
91
moderate
partly narrow, jump-ups, sharp dips, creek-crossings
|
scattered
clouds 30°C |
| 06.07. |
Kurrajong
Camp |
Kununurra |
348 |
60
Spring Creek Track
moderate
|
cloudy,
sunny p.m. 32°C |
|
we needed 1h55'
(see above)
|
| 07.07. |
Kununurra |
Katherine |
515 |
|
clouds
+ sun 30°C |
| 08.07. |
Katherine |
Darwin |
350 |
|
cloudy,
sunny in Darwin 33°C |
| 09.07. |
Darwin |
Litchfield
N.P. |
Darwin |
241 |
124
easy, moderate to Lost City
( very narrow, rough track to Lost City, count
here app. 30' one way)
|
sunny
33°C |
| 10.07. |
Darwin |
|
|
|
|
11.07. |
Departure Darwin |
Distance in kilometres:
sealed: 3,839
unsealed:
2,675
Total: 6,514
incl. 72 'wet' creek-crossings (doesn't
correspond to actual number of creeks, as some of them had to be crossed
twice, go/return) |
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