TOURING THE KIMBERLEY TWO WAYS
“… flat-topped mesas and pink quartzite escarpments elevate travellers above pandanus-lined streams and sweeping valleys where corellas rise in spectacular, snowy swirls”
A dozen iconic images lure us north to find ourselves far, far away, and while Australia’s last bastion of truly rugged wilderness is most certainly remote, it is also surprisingly accessible with two distinctly different journeys that prove equally inspiring.
If you are offroad-ready, prep your rig for dusty days on Gibb River Road and brave the corrugations up onto the Mitchell Plateau. If rattling and rolling is not your style, take the sealed Great Northern Highway south to wet-walk through Tunnel Creek, cruise Geikie Gorge and soar high above the Bungle Bungle Range.
DRIVING THE GIBB
BROOME TO KUNUNURRA: 875KM
From the King Leopold Ranges to Kununurra, the Gibb River Road slices through the heart of the Kimberley — a rugged 1800s-era stock route across a
