Quote Originally Posted by TPC View Post
The corrugations are going to vary all the time depending on the amount of traffic that has used it since it was last graded, you will need to judge what speed you can comfortably drive when on it but you will probably be safe planning to manage 60-70Kph. The worst road we had was the Tanami , another bad road was the one to Mitchel Falls, both of these we were often down to 20Kph.
Agree with everything above. Kalumbaru rd stopped me after about 30 minutes from the Gibb River rd - could not find the right speed to make hanging onto the steering wheel - absolute shocker. Gibb RR was like a freeway - we chanced on being behind the grader from the Kalumbaru road to El Questo - magic ride. Tanami I found the sand corrugation not as 'hard' as the Kalumbaru rd if that makes sense, but still knocked down the speed. Cape Levaque was a t totally different kettle of fish. Going up from Broome the track had about 20klm of deep soft sand, and whilst there we got hit with the tail end of a cyclone that flattened the camp area - all tents except our Southern Cross were on the ground, then the council in Broome shut the road to preserve it. We sat around for 3 days and then left but with the risk of a fine - however, the locals were roaring around on the roads anyway. The flooding was in stretches about 400m long, but the road base was firm. I loved the area, but yes, it is heavily regulated. Whilst there, a guy rolled into camp to prop for his annual 6 week holiday at Kooljamin, - he had a big F250 with 7.3TD in it, towing a 4 axle caravan - must have been 30ft long - drags it every year all the way from Perth - very keen.