Who has done the Kimberly

[FNQGU]

Watching this with interest... I'm hoping the wife will spare me 4 weeks to brave the tourists in July/August to go and poke around for a bit. Might be just a recce to give me an idea for planning the real deal and include the Canning at the same time.

That or I'm gonna head South and brave the winter instead of the tourists!

[Wizard52]

Watching this with interest... I'm hoping the wife will spare me 4 weeks to brave the tourists in July/August to go and poke around for a bit. Might be just a recce to give me an idea for planning the real deal and include the Canning at the same time.

That or I'm gonna head South and brave the winter instead of the tourists!

Also watching with interest. Planning to leave late April to Carnarvon via Alice and Wiluna and then up to the north. Have to be back early October to go over to the Island for annual fishing trip.
Doing a lot of research and getting maps and putting basic routes in to GPS to calculate distances. About 7,000k to Carnarvon so far so have to plan for oil changes etc.

[FNQGU]

April to October! And get back to go fishing??? No wonder your tag is 'Wizard'!

[Bloodyaussie]

Ive had 2 invites for the Simpson desert this year and really want to make it happen as i need to get some big trip experience up plus iron out the bugs on big trips.

[threedogs]

I love big trips all the planning etc that goes into it.[2 weeks]
My Birdsville /3 corner trip worked out to be $50 out on my fuel expenses.
not too bad at all lol

Cape York we figured out fuel etc and that worked out about $1500 each
way back in 83, but that included a trip to Green island all up 4 weeks

I have always used those red account books to plan any trip, they make
great reading , but now I suppose you could use the computer lol

[Winnie]

My Birdsville /3 corner trip worked out to be $50 out on my fuel expenses.
not too bad at all lol

Showing your age John!

I spent $1589.02 on fuel for our Simpson trip.

[threedogs]

Doing it with a dual fuel 4x4 it worked out at $2200.
with lots of trips to Innamincka to Cullymurra waterhole ,
and a trip out to the Dig tree,
Worse road in Australia IMO and that was following the grader
who turned up all these sharp half brick size rocks, hated it
Im only a pup lol

[Winnie]

Doing it with a dual fuel 4x4 it worked out at $2200.
with lots of trips to Innamincka to Cullymurra waterhole ,
and a trip out to the Dig tree,
Worse road in Australia IMO and that was following the grader
who turned up all these sharp half brick size rocks, hated it
Im only a pup lol

Road to the Dig Tree is good now.
It's the bloody road from Dalhousie to Mt. Dare! That was a shocker! I can still feel the vibrations in my bones.

[Cuppa]

Mate, I consider the Kimberley the best part of Australia, & yeah you can ‘do’ it in 6 weeks, but to do that , especially with young kids, is just expensive hard work I reckon. You’ll see a lot of white lines & find yourself looking at fantastic stuff wondering why you’ve bothered ‘cos your head’s not in the right space. Don’t underestimate how tiring & draining rushing a trip like this can be. Doing a few long days is one thing, but setting up camp & packing up camp, the heat, meeting kids the needs AND making your experience live up to your expectations day after day all take a toll which is cumulative. I know we are all different. Personally I would want a minimum of 6 months to go up to the Kimberley & back, but recognise that with the need to work & getting that sort of time away is not feasible for many. FWIW, particularly with kids my view is that if you can’t get at least 3 months for the trip that it’s best to keep it on your bucket list & to do stuff closer to home until such time that you can get enough time to do the trip justice. When we did our trip around Australia it was the result of over 5 years of planning & saving to make it possible.

I reckon this would be a pretty good 6 week trip which all the family could enjoy.

[Wizard52]

April to October! And get back to go fishing??? No wonder your tag is 'Wizard'!

Mate, this retirement gig is a hard one to take but I suppose someone has to do it. Best job I've ever had but pay isn't great.