Sprock, the Kimberley is my favourite part of Australia (so far).Originally Posted by Sprock
Winter is the main tourist season up there. If you want to avoid wall to wall tourists try to be there at the beginning of the season or the end of the season. When the season begins (ie. when the roads/tracks open) depends upon the Wet. Impossible to predict, but if possible to luck it in & be there just in time for the roads opening it wont get any better. Risk is that if you are too early you'll be limited where you can go (But you'd still enjoy it). End of the season it will be hotter & drier, but more likely you'll have places to yourselves.
Our plan for next year is to get up to the Kimberley toward the end of the season, sometime in September & hopefully find some way of staying for the wet (house or station sit?). Experiencing a Kimberley Wet is high on my bucket list, as is being there waiting for the roads to re-open the following season.
IMO it'd be well worthwhile subscribing to Birgit's Kimberley guide - probably the best & most up to date source on the net. She gives regular updates throughout the year, often from first hand experience. I subscribed several years ago & still get all the updates - great value.
http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/de...kimberley.html
or the free 'pocket guide' to give you a 'taste' http://www.kimberleyaustralia.com/ki...vel-guide.html
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