The Gibb River Road conditions

The Gibb River Road

Before we ventured out onto this most infamous road we endeavoured to gain as much information on the conditions as we could. Unfortunately, we had great trouble gleaning much information at all! In the end we went with the little information and departed.

El Questro to Home Valley the road is very rough / corrugated and was the sharp edged grey rock. We took this section slow and steady.

Home Valley to Ellenbrae is a very long slow section and is considered the worst the Gibb has to offer. The sections of road change constantly between dark blue sharp shale, deep red dirt corrugations, and other colours somewhere in-between. There was always a risk of either corrugations or sharp rocks.

Ellenbrae to the Kalumburu turn off. The first 30 km were hard going, and more of the same from the last section, however the last 30 km were almost beautiful smooth dirt roads, however corrugations were always to be found.

Kalumburu turn off to Mornington Wilderness Camp. This was a nice part of the Gibb River road. New types of surfaces such as sand and round rust coloured peddles are introduced. Both are quite good to drive on.

Mornington Wilderness Camp to Silent Grove. The Gibb is back to it old ways. This section is very rough and corrugated, similar to around Ellenbrae. The road is constantly changing surface type as seems to be the Gibb River Road SOP.

Silent Grove to the Leopold Downs Road turn off. This road is very similar to the last section; however, it has periods of greater corrugation.

We then left the Gibb River Road at this point and took the Fairfield-Leopold Road to Fitzroy Crossing. I can say this road although different to the Gibb River road, was in very poor condition due to rain a week previous.

Dad