Gibb River Road with camper trailer?

by Ian
(Frankston, VIC)

Towing a Jayco Outback trailer

We are thinking to do the Gibb River Road in June next year, towing a camper trailer. We are travelling from Victoria around Oz with a Jayco Outback trailer and are not sure if we should go along the Gibb River Road.

Would we be able to leave it anywhere along the way to go into the gorges and plateau areas? Or could it be towed everywhere? We are towing with a 4wd Bravo ute.
Thanks, Ian & Jen

Response to:
Gibb River Road with camper trailer?

Hi Ian and Jen,

Of course you should go along the Gibb River Road :-). I do mention it on several pages on the site: the Gibb River Road is not the hardcore 4WD adventure it used to be.

A 4WD vehicle and a camper trailer that's designed for offroad use (as the Jayco Outback is) are the perfect rig. You won't have any problems.

You do need the extra strength and clearance of an offroad trailer to withstand the corrugations and to avoid damage to the bottom when negotiating the creek crossings. That's why you can't take caravans on the Gibb River Road. But apart from that the road and the side tracks to all the attractions really do not present any problems.

I can't imagine you having to leave the trailer anywhere. By June most everything will be graded, the creeks dry, and the rivers very low.

The King Edward River on the Mitchell Plateau is the only one that may still be a bit deeper and more interesting to cross, but not deep enough to cause problems. And the later in June you get here the lower it will be.

The only road where I wouldn't take the trailer is the Port Warrender Road. (It leads from the Mitchell Plateau towards the coast: Surveyors Pool, Crystal Creek and Port Warrender.)

Come to think of it, I'm not sure I'd even take the Bravo there... That track is extremely rough and washed out, near impassable.

If you want to venture down there (only a handful of people do so every year), just leave your trailer at the Mitchell Falls campground.

But has I said, hardly anybody does. It's not one of the usual stops for people, rather a destination for mad keen fishermen and a challenge for adventurers who, well, are looking for a challenge :-).

All the gorges and waterfalls that the Gibb River Road is famous for are accessible with your set up.

As always, do contact one of the visitor centres up here before you actually head off towards the Gibb River Road. They'll let you know if there is anything else. (You just never know how the upcoming wet season or a cyclone may change things...)

Have a great trip!

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