Gunbarrel Highway

Thanks guys for the info. Gees who said life was meant to be easy!!

Yes Stephen that was the way I was originally planing to go. I was just looking for something more adventurous and the GBH looked like a good trip. Mostly because its an Icon as far as outback tracks are concerned. Just about everybody has heard of the GBH but not too many have had the privilege of traveling on it from what you guys are saying..

Research, I got to think of something to research in that area ???? ;-)

Cheers
Wayne B

Excuse my ignorance but are the AYP Lands and the Ngaanyatjarra Council the same people or do they control different areas.

Thank you

Wayne B

Different Areas Wayne

Ngaanyatjarra:



APY:

We just recently got a permit for Anne Beadell Highway, Gunbarrell Highway, Heather Highway, Great Central Road from the Ngaanyatjurra Council. Was a straightforward application. Just had to submit a bit of an itinerary and were only allowed a max. of 2 weeks on their lands. There is an abandoned section of the Gunbarrell which they stipulate a minimum of 2 vehicles and a maximum of 5 vehicles at one time but other than that they were good to get on with and only took a couple of weeks to get the permit.
We are also travelling David Carnegie Road and Hunt Oil Road but no permit is required for them.
As far as I know the Gunbarrell is a reasonable road with its fair share of corrugations but fairly well travelled.
Not sure about the APY lands though

Cheers

Hi Anthony,

The original Gunbarrel Highway starts from Victory Downs in the NT via Mulga Park along the top end of SA to Giles and etc...

Many radicals, including the owners of this site forgo their responsibility of truth in place of commercial gain and indeed general laziness....

Historians such as myself, will never ever let the truth of history be forgotten, so I thought I had better remind you :))

D&M - I still like Exploroz though..

Regards
Alan

Hi Wooly and Wayne

We have travelled all the areas that you wish to travel, including all through the APY Lands. I knew a few local Aboriginal people that were living in a couple of Communities and to be honest, I wanted to see their land. It was a great experience and Fiona and I and our young boys travelled solo through the whole area a very long time ago. When I received the permits back, it was classed as a "Family Visit" and if not for the fact of knowing the locals them, I was told that we would never have been issues permits.

As Alan has stated, the APY Lands are very different from other area in the NT and WA controlled by the Ngaanyatjarra Council and it just as different as calling a French person that they are British, you will insult them greatly and to this very day, there is still great friction between family groups for various reasons.

I know today that there are small organised tourist groups that now have access through the APY Lands, but not sure on what areas that they travel through. I still have contacts living there and have even been asked a few years ago to take a family that I know to a funeral of someone that I knew, but was not able to get the time off of work for such a quick visit.

As big as the country is out there is still very small, as when we visited one family at a community, they knew that we were coming, yet we had not spoken or seen anyone else, they just keep a close eye out on anyone travelling through their lands.



Cheers


Stephen

Thanks for that info equinox: I now have a better understanding of who I need to contact for permits. I am going to give the APY ago and see how I go. Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

Cheers
Wayne B

Wayne
When you apply it is better to say that you want to visit art centres at Kalka etc
Transit requests won't fly
Bob

Thanks Echucan Bob

Kalka Art Center. Ok thats good.

Do you know of any other places along the way that need to be "Researched".

Cheers
Wayne B

Have any problem getting Permits for your trip in August.

Cheers
Wayne B