Gibb River Road Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
track in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
About Gibb River Road
Gibb River was named for Andrew Gibb Maitland (1864-1951); he and Charles Crossland were the first Europeans to sight the river in 1901. Cattle were raised here in the following years, and a drove trail was worn by their hooves plodding to the port at Wyndham, but it was a long slow route. From 1950 the trail was improved into a dirt road so that livestock could be trucked; then as now it was only passable in the dry season. The road does not cross Gibb River itself, but crosses three major tributaries and many smaller creeks that routinely flood in the wet season, often for weeks on end. The road traverses haunting lonely scenery and driving it has become a thing, a bucket-list Australian adventure.
Gibb River Road Travel Guide Sections
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