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Travel by 4WD

A 4WD is beyond doubt the most versatile means of transport to discover large parts of the ‘real Australia’. Some people prefer to travel around Australia and stay on the beaten track and the highways, stopping for the nights in towns or cities. More and more people however, decide to inject a little sense of adventure into their holiday. They do this by getting off the beaten track and venture into more remote area’s of Australia, driving along the many unsealed tracks and dirt roads. A 4WD vehicle offers you this freedom and adventure and can take you anywhere. Many tourist hot spots on the East coast are easily accessible with a 2WD vehicle or campervan. Many attractions however in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia can only be visited by 4WD vehicle.
A whole new world will open up for you when you take your 4WD vehicle into the many swimholes, rockformations, national parks, remote white sandy beaches, tiny outback settlements, beautiful camping spots and other magnificent locations in this vast and impressive continent!

Are you ready for the adventure of a life time?

The advantages of a 4WD in a nutshell:

Route / via (vice versa)	Number of days

Perth - Darwin / Darwin - Perth	28 - 30
Perth – Darwin / Darwin - Perth with kids	35 – 38
Perth – Broome / Broome – Perth (Karijini NP, Francois Peron NP)	17
Darwin – Broome (Kakadu NP, Purnululu NP & Gibb River Road)	20
Perth – Alice Springs – Darwin (Great Central Road & Kakadu NP)	24 - 27
Adelaide – Darwin (Finders Ranges NP, Oodnadatta Track, Uluru & Kakadu NP)	22
Alice Springs – Alice Springs (the most beautiful Red Centre self drive tour)	7 - 9
Alice Springs – Adelaide (McDonnell Range, Uluru, Oodnadatta & Fl. Ranges)	12 - 14
Melbourne – Darwin (Grampians NP, Broken Hill, Uluru NP, Kakadu NP)	25
Cairns – Cape York – Cairns (Lakefield NP, Iron Range NP)	24 - 28

Level: * easy ** average *** difficult **** very difficult (experienced drivers only)

Name	from	to	Total distance	days
Tanami Track	Halls Creek	Alice Springs	1040	2 or 3
Great Central Road	Yulara	Laverton	1144	minimum 3*
Plenty Highway	Alice Springs	Mount-Isa	814	2 – 3 days
Gibb River Road	Derby	Kununurra	704	minimum 4*
Mt Augustus Road	Minilya	Kumarina	925	minimum 3*
Cape Leveque Road	Broome	Kooljaman	231	3 to 4 hrs
Buchanan Highway	Halls Creek	Dunmarra Roadhse	776	2 days
Canning Stock Route	Halls Creek	Wiluna	1786	minimum 5*
Chambers Pillar	Alice Springs	Chambers Pillar Res.	160	3 hrs
Birdsville Track	Marree	Birdsville	522	1½ - 2 days
Purnululu NP	Great North. Hway	Cathedral Gorge	78	4 hrs
Nambung Trek	Lancelin	Cervantes	98**	4 – 5 hrs

• * Mnimum number of days to travel in a ‘relaxed’ manner.
• ** Including the Pinnacle Desert.

Permits

Applications for permits to travel through Aboriginal land in Western-Australia:
http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Land/Permits/
Applications for permits to travel along part of the ‘Gunbarrel Highway’:
http://www.tjulyuru.com/contact.asp
Visiting an Aboriginal Community in Central Australia?
please visit http://www.clc.org.au/ On this page you also find a detailed
overview of roads in Central Australia which do not require a permit.

Road conditions

Kakadu NP: http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/kakadu/visitorinfo/roadreport.html
South-Australia: http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/roadworks.asp
Northern-Territory: http://www.ipe.nt.gov.au/whatwedo/roadreport/visit.html
Western-Australia: http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/NR/mrwa/internet/50ltime/TRC/