Kalumburu Road

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Western Australia

The Kalumburu Road is an outback track in the extreme north of the Australian state of Western Australia, in the Kimberley region .. It connects the Aboriginal settlement of Kalumburu with the Gibb River Road.

Course

Approx. 110 km northeast of Mount Barnett Roadhouse and 300 km west of Kununurra branches off the Kalumburu Road of the Gibb River Road to the north. After 59 km you pass the Drysdale River Station, the only tank option on this route to Kalumburu. The two branches, the Mitchell River National Park on the ' Mitchell River Road '' and the Drysdale River National Park via Carson River Station, you pass by 110 and 189 km. After another 19 km Kalumburu is reached. As the road passes through Aboriginal areas, a permit (permit ) is required.

Road Conditions

The Kalumburu Road is unpaved for their complete length, and there are numerous river crossings. Therefore, the road in the rain quickly impassable in the rainy season it is fully locked. During the dry season, you need a four wheel drive vehicle with sufficient ground clearance. Although the road is graded regularly, they will always return to the washboard road.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. p. 89