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Gonc


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Nomad, a couple of questions,

is the Marble Bar road from Newman to Marble Bar sealed and if not where is the best web site to found out about the road conditions in that area.

second is where from Newman is a great little spot to explore for a few hours to fill in an afternoon. A George or pool of water.

 

Traveling with kids and a 4x4.

 

cheers in advance.

 



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To Marble Bar.jpg

This is a HEMA map, shown here with their permission. Get yourself a HEMA 4WD touring atlas.

The dotted lines are gravel, but they are all typically good roads.

Take a deviation via the Skull Springs Road (great drive) and spend a few days at Carawine Gorge. It is a special place. If you intend to go there I will give you some detailed instructions....

Fuel prices at Nullagine are usually better than Marble Bar. Great caravan park at Marble Bar.

Where to from Marble Bar?

Cheers,

Peter



-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Tuesday 19th of January 2021 07:24:19 PM

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Thanks Pete n Margaret, we are going to Broome for a couple of weeks then chasing the coast home.

I do have the old version of the same map you put up so Im on the right track, pardon the pun.

I had heard the direct way to Marble Bar can be very taxing and depending on road conditions, Im not to fussed as a trip is a bit of an adventure.

At the same time if it is a horror of a road i would be more than happy to bypass.

Thanks for the reply.

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It would be very unusual for any of those roads to be very bad.
Cheers,
Peter

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Gonc, the roads are not the problem in the areas you are intending to travel through - the Ore trucks run Four trailers up and travel quickly, this is attested by the amount of dead cattle roadside in the area. Be aware of the trucks and always give way.

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Gonc wrote:

Thanks Pete n Margaret, we are going to Broome for a couple of weeks then chasing the coast home.

I do have the old version of the same map you put up so Im on the right track, pardon the pun.

I had heard the direct way to Marble Bar can be very taxing and depending on road conditions, Im not to fussed as a trip is a bit of an adventure.

At the same time if it is a horror of a road i would be more than happy to bypass.

Thanks for the reply.

 Gonc, I was told at the Marble Bar C/P in 2019, the best way towing a van in was via Auski Roadhouse to Nullagine, as the road from Newman was a bit rougher for vans.

Not much difference in distance.

Cheers Bob



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I don't think I will ever get back to WA, as it takes me about 3 weeks of everyday riding to get there, I do want to go to a Veterans camp with my dog, that is near Marble Bar, some day, but I doubt with these borders snap closing, so quickly, that it is very impossible with me just riding, it would open and close quite easily inside of those 3 weeks.



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Travellers,

On checking google maps for time distance etc from Marble Bar to Carawine Gorge it shows about 7 hours.

Doesnt seem right unless there is some major road issues up that way from the cyclones etc.

Anyone heard of any road issues from eith Marble Bar or Nalagine to Carrawine Gorge?

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Just checked with Google Earth, 173 km,2 hrs 40 min.



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Plain truth

 

thanks for the confrimation, must be an issue with our google side of technology, maybe it though i was crawling there. Wife will be happy.

 

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Check with the local police as they have had a lot of rain in some of that area which can make roads impassible

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