There are several free camp areas out of Broome - Ellendale, Mary Pool come to mind. Caravan Park at Fitzroy Crossing, also one in Halls Creek. Free camp area where Ord River crosses highway, north of Halls Creek. Caravan park by the turn off to the Bungles. Also, I think, at Turkey Creek RH.

I agree with Wendy. You shouldn't have any problems finding a place to stay. In 2015 when we were up that way it was prime Grey Nomad travel time and school holidays and we never booked anywhere to stay before hand. Sometimes we free camped and sometimes stayed at caravan parks. There was always other campers in the free camps. Never felt unsafe anywhere we stayed. At Fitzroy Crossing we stayed at the CP in town next to IGA. We got a discount at IGA for staying there. We had no problems. Presuming you are going out to the Gorge may I suggest you do both tours. We went on the national parks tour in the morning and the indigenous tour in the afternoon. The gentleman who took the afternoon tour was very informative, we saw lots of crocodiles (only one on the morning tour) and there was only six of us and the afternoon reflections were superb. The tourist information centre in town was very helpful. We had wanted to do the coach tour to the Bungle Bungles from Halls Creek but this was booked out a few days in advance so we missed that but we bit the bullet, budget wise, and did a helicopter ride from Warnum (Turkey Creek). Loved it. Kunanurra show is on the 13th 14th July. We were there show weekend but found a CP site in the first park we tried. Between Kunanurra and Katherine we free camped. Stayed at the CP at Katherine Gorge. Hope this is some help even though it's been three 3 years since we've been there. Cheers.

Splottboy wrote:

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We plan to travel from Broome to Katherine in a months time, and are a bit worried about safe places to stop. We think we should be able to find somewhere in Kunnanura, but are not sure about anywhere else.

Hope someone can suggest a few places.

Thanks

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 Exactly what is it that you need to be safe from? Depending on where you go the mossie is probably your worst enemy a midge shelter is a good investment at least then you can sit/sleep outside in some places.

We did that stretch a couple of years ago & had no issues with caravan parks (noted some nice free camps too, but you had to stop early).

Wendy mentioned the Lake Argyll CP - it has a magnificent "no horizon" pool where you just lie in the COLD (to me) water & gaze over the Ord River & associated scenery. Caravan parks in the larger towns in their tourist time (now onwards) are expensive.

We enjoyed two flights in the Kimberly - the first was a helicopter ride over the Bungle-Bungles (out of Timber Ck) & the light aircraft flight (North West Bush Pilots) from Derby over the Horizontal Falls & the Buccaneer Archipelago. Sure it would have been nice to do the sea-plane & boat trip through the falls but we had an enjoyable time anyway.
Pat thought it would be nice to drive into the Bungles - never again!! The flight was much better, less stress, more enjoyable & relaxing!! (Where do you go on a narrow, rocky & rough road when over the next crest comes a huge AAPT 4WD bus, driving as if they owned the road?)

Geicke Gorge - just outside Fitzroy Crossing is a tourism feature, and well worth seeing. We did it a number of years ago, on a boat trip run by the National parks. Seems like there is now more than one tour option there. It is a long gorge on the Fitzroy River - multi coloured layered rock, die to wet season water levels, and lots of freshie crcodiles.
At Fitzroy Crossing, we prefer the caravan park out on the highway - just on western side of the bridge over the river - hotel/motel at front, caravan park in behind that, very pleasant.

Zebra Rock Mine and camp on the NT side of Lake Argyle is also good. A quiet safe safe camp where they do tours our on the lake as well.