Kalumburu Road
Submitted: Monday, Nov 05, 2018 at 20:17
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Hi, Did anyone see the first of the new series from the All 4 Adventure boys. They went to
Kalumburu towing among other things a 6m boat. After going there a few years ago I was surprised how bad the road was as shown. Did they go the normal road up there or, as they often seem to do, take a much more difficult route. I was putting it on my bucket list to visit again but if that was the state of the road I will think again. It looks like it had not seen any maintenance for years. I see the road is rated as high clearance fourwheel drives or trucks only. Anyone been there lately to give a road report.
Cheers,
Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, Nov 05, 2018 at 20:34
Monday, Nov 05, 2018 at 20:34
We spent a couple of months at
Kalumburu each year from 2005 to 2008.
It is just another outback road with the odd rough spot and the mandatory corrugations.
In 2006 and again in 2008, we towed a boat to
Kalumburu without any drama, but that does not make for much of a story does it?
Fantastic country to explore by boat....
Honeymoon Bay
Lost City, Napier Broome Bay
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome
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Follow Up By: Member - nick b boab - Monday, Nov 05, 2018 at 22:34
Monday, Nov 05, 2018 at 22:34
It certainly is Not your average outback rd now with a high number of vehicles traveling the top end of Australian.
The 50ks into kalumbaru is a car breaker but they were starting to work on it in August this year .as
well Mitchell rd .we also traveled these rd years ago & they have got chopped since then
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Reply By: Member - McLaren3030 - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 07:02
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 07:02
Back in the early 2000’s, the truckies refused to travel up to
Kalumburu owing to the condition of the road, all supplies were brought in by barge. Nowadays the road is graded, but I don’t know how often. They did mention it was early in the season, so most likely the
grader hasn’t been up that way yet.
We went to
Kalumburu in 2004, the road was pretty bad then, but not as bad as on the show. We were there in June that year, and the trucks had stopped using the road then.
Macca.
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Reply By: Member - nick b boab - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:15
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:15
Depending on when the show was filmed , we travel the road in August this year 2018 and it was pretty rough in
places and signs of huge washouts as
well that had been partly repaired.
I did feel sorry for the people who live in that area that they have to travel what is a pretty average sort of a road . While we were there there was a Nissan Patrol with a bent chassis caravan with a broken
suspension crossmember and we/others had broken shock absorber and I can tell you we were driving to preserve our equipment as best as we could.
unfortunately missed the show didn't know it was back on. I will have to wait till it comes out on YouTube to see what mischief the boys got up to , much like any of their shows lot of it is played up for the camera and entertainment Factor . But I wouldn't let the road stop you from going to what is a fantastic experience if you don't mind camping and not glamping facilities are of the basic type . Have a look here "places" mcgowan's Island sunset
camp for some pictures .
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 10:28
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 10:28
Hi Nick, if you go online to 10play, you will be able to watch the show. I missed it on Sunday, and watched it on 10play on Monday.
Macca.
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Follow Up By: Members - Bow & Nan - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 14:20
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 14:20
Later in the season a second Nissan Patrol bent its chassis.
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Follow Up By: Member - nick b boab - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 20:40
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 20:40
McLaren3030 thank for the tip > just had a look at the show on 10play .
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Follow Up By: Member - nick b boab - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 22:19
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 22:19
Nick & joanna outback truckers
This story from outback truckers may give a better idea of the road in general .
As others have said this was filmed early in the season (1st through)and graders have repaired much of the bad patches after the wet season and a cyclone , lot more overgrown then when we were there .
The first track that they showed was another particularly rough track that follows the
Pentecost River to
Wyndham .
We came across a bloke on that track when we were out looking for some fishing locations he was by himself , dog . Absolutely nothing with him the back of his ute was bare, said he was just out for a drive from
Wyndham to the
Pentecost River crossing just gotta love some peoples love for adventure hahaha .
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Wednesday, Nov 07, 2018 at 16:36
Wednesday, Nov 07, 2018 at 16:36
We drove this road from
Wyndham to the
Gibb River Road along the
Pentecost River in 2004. The condition of the road has certainly changed since 2004. It was a lot less rocky back in 2004.
Macca.
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Reply By: DaveO*ST-R - Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:23
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:23
We went up to
Kalumburu and
Honeymoon Bay in early June this year. 3 vehicles towing including a heavy 20' Bushtracker. Looking at the scrape marks in
places on the rocky track surface (more so just before
Kalumburu), the grader/s had not long finished doing their thing. Any previous washouts etc had obviously been repaired, especially at the water crossings. Certainly nothing like as shown in the All 4 Adventure video. Apart from being a bit rough, rocky and slow going in a lot of
places, we had no problems at all.
Cheers,
Dave
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