Broome 2013

Wonderful ride John. Thanks for posting the report.
You do get your share of punctures!!!!

Great stuff Johno looks like a good trip

 Congrats John on your trip.  Well done

Great report and pictures.
Henry Rokx

Part 2

After a big night we headed up the highway to Larimah
Stopped at Frans Teahouse for some morning tea . What a character !


Makes the best Buffalo Rolls ever !


And then it was off to Mataranka for a dip in the springs .Bitter Springs is the best in my book



And then off to Katherine Gorge where we stayed a couple of days



Then into Western Australia



And Lake Argyle



Five rivers lookout at Wyndham


On to the Gibb River Road



Crossing the Penticost River



Not a good place to get a flat tyre !


There was no fixing this on the side of the road !
Had to walk it back to Home valley station and camp for a few days

Ordered a tyre from Kunanurra and wait for someone coming by to drop it off  
Road tyre but that was all I could get  !



Hindsight 20psi was too much , 15 would have been better

Then off to the Bungle Bungles


Then Fitzroy Crossing and Derby



Geikie Gorge on the Fitzroy River well worth a visit



We picked the wettest day on record to head for Broome


where the wives joined us for a few days





Back on the road



Who said the mining boom was over




If it wasn't machinery or truck loads of tyres it was prefab houses and dongas, all heading north


We continued hopping down the coast with stops at Port Hedland ,Karratha and Geraldton




Unfortunately Perth was the end of the trip for our party who had work commitments.
I had a bit of extra time and headed down to the Southwest before crossing the Nullabor and heading for home
Another flat tyre









This young lady was doing a lap on her pushbike ( 75 years old from Germany )


The Lap



Well thats about it for this trip report
I had an absolute ball
Looking forward to the next one !!

Love it!  I notice there was a fair share of pubs in the pics  .  Great job!

Hi Folks
I haven't posted a report for a while ,so here is my last trip away

We left Melbourne on May 17 early with light rain falling .The plan was to go up to Normanton and then across to Broome to meet up with the wives .When I say we that is a few mates , Tim on a DR 650 and Michael and Paul in a Hilux

Tim



Me  -Did say it was a cold start ?


First Pub - Merriwagga


After a late lunch in Hilston we camped behind the Mt Hope Pub





from mt Hope it was up thru Cobar  , Bourke and into Queensland and camped at Charleville

The Darling River at Bourke











Then Charleville thru Winton to Kynuna

North Gregory Hotel in Winton
Waltzing Matilda was first performed here 1895



Sunrise beind the pub at Kynuna




Then Cloncurrry north to Burke and Wills then Normanton and on to Karumba







Hot up here !!



Kris the croc ( Shot in 1957 28 feet 4 inches long )



Sunset
Unless you are in WA it is one of the few places to get a sunset over the water



Back to Normanton and head west along Savanah Way thru Burketown ,Doomagee, Hells Gate to Boroloola





Its about 300kms from Hells Gate thru to Borroloola and it is Highway 1 , but its pretty remote we saw very few people





Note to self - side stand other side !








From Borroloola it was up to King Ash Bay

About 40kms out of town  road was a bit corrugated but the drive is worth it

This is the place if you want to get away from the rat race !! A fishing camp ( bring your own van or build your own shack ) owned by the members complete with it own bar. Borroloola however is the pits , hot , dusty & dirty can't get a cold one .
Sorry - no photo here



Back Borroloola to Cape Crawford and Daly Waters

Stopped at Caranbirini conservation reserve .Nice for a stop and stretch the legs



Have a look at this for survival skills . Not an ounce of dirt ,but it grows anyway




Daly waters was very busy .Last time I was here the camp ground beside the pub was empty.This time the campground was full so was the block over the road and they were turning people away.



More soon

JC