The next leg of the trip has been in my mind for a while but I only recently sketched it out. I plan to cover 4000km and take somewhere around 3 weeks to do it. I will be accompanied on this leg by Cindy, a 28yo Taiwanese girl in order to share fuel costs. I had several responses to adverts that I placed up at two backpackers in Broome, which was great as others had told me that it was hard to get a travel buddy.

Up until a week ago I wasn’t going to travel along the Gibb River Road as I only had one spare tyre, as well as a puncture repair kit and spare tube. Thanks to the genourisoty of Cheryl, one of the chefs from my work who gave me a second spare tyre, I was able to plan to take the Gibb, confident that I would be able to get through it.

Here is the route that I plan to take

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From To Est Dist (km)
Broome Derby 186
Derby Gibb River Road 339
Gibb River Road Wyndham 585
Mitchell Falls 490
Wyndham Kununurra 101
Kununurra Purnululu NP 366
Purnululu NP Halls Creek 185
Halls Creek Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater 151
Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater Halls Creek 151
Halls Creek Timber Creek via Gregory NP 671
Timber Creek Katherine 258
Katherine Darwin 316
Total 3799

I have set a budget of $500 each for fuel, which is rather exaggurated but should cover us incase of steep fuel prices and extra distances. As the previous estimate was exceeded by 20%, there is a high chance that this one will be exceeded as well.

I’m hoping that there won’t be too many water crossings as I don’t have a snorkel for the troopy but I am looking forward to being back on the road again.

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