Kimberly Trip Advice

[Cuppa]

I’ll show you the best bits if you wanna take me along, but you’ll have to do your own dishes!

if I were going up the Dampier Peninsula for a week, I’d do much the same as I did previously. With one addition.
The west coast & the east coast of the peninsula are quite different so at the very least I would want to camp on both sides. You will have seen from my report that I thought very highly of two places we stayed at, Whalesong Cafe on the west coast & Bully’s camp on the east coast. There are many other small camps, but some are pretty un-appealing & run down, & some with no access to the water. The addition is a camp which has been set up since we were there & I would be keen to give it a go. It is the Gnylmarung retreat near Beagle Bay on the west coast. http://gnylmarung.org.au I think in a week I’d have to go to all three. Whalseong for it red pindan cliffs & beaches, & great laid back ambience, Gnylmarung for some fishing & being a bit more active, & Bully’s for a bit of each of those in the different east coast environment. Bully’s is also a good spot to base yourself in to explore the top end of the peninsula from.

I could tell you a bit about our experience of the Gibb River Road, but others who have travelled all of it might like to tell of their experience. We loved it but only travevelled part of it, & look forward to getting back up there & seeing a everything it has to offer as well as revisiting the parts we preveiously went to.

How are you getting up to the Kimberley? If you are going via the Tanami, I am told there is some great camping along the Duncan Road up to Kunnunurra. Then westward along the Gibb. Trouble with that is that you bypass the Bungles which are a must see (allow at least 3 days in there). If you are passing by Keep River NP on the NT side of the WA Border, it is also well worth a visit.

Geez mate you have me salivating at the thought of your trip!

Cuppa