Our Kimberley Trip 2015

We have been working towards a trip to the Kimberley with my Brother Frewin and his wife Candice along with her parents Malcolm and Cindy - I've managed to get 6 weeks off work and we have suddenly realized that this trip is only a month away!!  Again i'm on an injury recuperation trip - my 4th knee reconstruction, first one on the left knee, but i'm feeling pretty good with how its healing so am hoping I will be able to do a few of the walks right up in the Kimberley

Sam will be taking 4 weeks away from school, but he will be doing a travel journal whilst we travel - that can be his homework.

Anyway - this time around I have a new laptop and Samsung Galaxy S5 to work with in posting new blogs so we'll have to see how that goes.  Gaz will be taking the iPad with us so I may need to revert back to that.  Either way I will definitely be doing a daily blog.  We went back through our blog for the Cape York trip and it has brought back some awesome memories.  As well as reminders for places to stay and things to take with us.

Today I spent most of the day trying to work out an itinerary.  (Attached)

Meanwhile Gaz has the Land cruiser pulled apart getting it ready for our trip.  He is working on the gear box, the rear passenger window and checking all the wheels then its off to get registered again.  We also need to get the camper trailer fixed up - the electrics are still playing up - the number of times we have put it in to an auto electrician!!  But it needs to be done.

I'm going to be busy over the next month organizing the camper trailer, it needs a complete going over with food and sheets and all the little compartments.

I'm interested in hearing from anyone that has done this trip and may have some advise for us!  Any places you would definitely recommend and those that you would suggest to pass by.  I'm interested in hearing about the current road conditions and pricing on "beer" "Meat" general groceries - if there is a good campground we should stay at and what kind of pricing it might be.  Please leave a comment if you are reading this blog and able to help us out.

Date	From	To	kms	hours	notes
28th Jun	Home	Ponto Falls	224	3 hr	Or if we leave early enough straight through to Florida Rest Area 8hrs
29th Jun	Ponto Falls	Florida Rest	478	5h 15min
30th Jun	Florida Rest	White Cliffs	209	2h 7min	Explore White Cliffs
1st Jul	White Cliffs	Silverton	314	3h 20min
2nd Jul	Silverton	Port Augusta	435	4h 40min
3rd Jul	Port Augusta	Coober Pedy	540	5h 20min
4th Jul	Coober Pedy	Agnes Creek/Indulkana	291	3 hr
5th Jul	Agnes Creek/Indulkana	Uluru	460	5h 53min
6th Jul	Uluru				explore Uluru
7th Jul	Uluru	Kings Canyon	321	4h 5min
8th Jul	Kings Canyon				explore Kings Canyon
9th Jul	Kings Canyon	Alice Springs	322	5h 26min	Frews crew leave Adelaide
10-Jul	Alice Springs	Yuendumu	294	4h 8min
11-Jul	Yuendumu	Tilmouth Well	354	4hr 59min
12-Jul	Tilmouth Well	Halls Creek	404	5h 37min	Meet Frews Crew
13-Jul	Halls Creek				Explore Bungles and Wolfe Creek
14-Jul	Halls Creek	Fitzroy Crossing	289	3 hr	Frews Crew Stay one more night Halls Creek
15-Jul	Fitzroy Crossing	Broome	396	4h 9min	Meet Frews Crew
16-Jul	Broome				Explore from Broome 4 nights
17-Jul	Broome
18-Jul	Broome
19-Jul	Broome	Derby	222	2h 35min	Start of Gibb Rd - can stay at Bell Gorge and explore back - just times added between locations
20-Jul	Derby	Windjana	150	2h 20min	Horizontal Falls, Tunnel Creek
21-Jul	Windjana	Bell	124	1h 56min
22-Jul	Bell	Mt Hart	84	1h 51min
23-Jul	Bell	Manning Gorge	88	1h 13min
24-Jul	Manning Gorge	Mt Elizabeth Stn	61	2h 39min
25-Jul	Mt Elizabeth Stn	Gibb	69	2h 45min
26-Jul	Gibb	Wyndham	323	4h 17min
27-Jul	Wyndham	El Questro Stn	107	1h 14min	Stay at El Questro for a few days
28-Jul	El Questro
29-Jul	El Questro	Gregory	239	2h 54min	Heading Home
30-Jul	Gregory	Katherine	275	3h 26min
31-Jul	Katherine	Elliott	420	5h 11min
1-Aug	Elliott	Three Ways	229	2h 50min	Could do a big trip Elliott to Avon Downs to allow for a day stay somewhere
2-Aug	Three Ways	Avon Downs	385	4h 45min
3-Aug	Avon Downs	McKinlay	479	5h 32min
4-Aug	McKinlay	Longreach	420	4hr 28min
5-Aug	Longreach	Augathella	432	4h 41min
6-Aug	Augathella	Enngonia	439	4h 55min
7-Aug	Enngonia	Trangie	392	4h 8min	or to Narramine 4h 30min
8-Aug	Trangie/Narromine	Home	326	4hr