Wet Season! Central Arnhem Road to Nhulunbuy - East Arnhem Land

In this episode we head up the Central Arnhem Road in East Arnhem Land to Nhulunbuy in April 2023 at the end of the Wet Season! The Central Arnhem Road is over 700kms of beaten up dirt track, rocks and corrugations with multiple river crossings and takes us through some of the most remote country in Australia, the gateway to East Arnhem Land.

We have done an episode on this in the past but this time we took the caravan and got totally drenched! If you ever wondered what the Central Arnhem Road was like in the wet when the grader has not gone through, this is it…. Enjoy!

If you are heading up the Central Arnhem Road with a caravan, we recommend you make sure the below five things are checked off your list well before hitting the track.

1. Book your accommodation
a. Gove Boat Club:   / goveboatclub   or their new website (under development 2023) https://goveboatclub.com.au/ has power / water and is easily the best place to stay with a caravan in Gove.
b. Walkabout Lodge: https://walkaboutlodge.com.au/ if you cant get into the boat club, camping out the back (no power or water) but it is in the middle of town, good pub, but can get a bit rowdy.
2. Book your transit permit
a. Head over to https://www.nlc.org.au/apply-for-perm... and book for the days you intend to be on the Central Arnhem Road
3. Book your recreational permit
a. Head over to https://www.nlc.org.au/apply-for-perm... to book your permit for the time you are staying in East Arnhem Land (you need this to book camp sites!)
4. Book your camp sites (these book out early so don’t expect to get any of the good ones at the last minute as the locals will have already snapped them up)
a. Head over to https://www.dhimurru.com.au/visiting-... or
b. https://www.eastarnhemland.com.au/cat... if you want to book Cato – which is the only other site that allows caravans
5. Book your alcohol permit
a. Head over to https://nt.gov.au/law/alcohol/permits...

We also recommend having a read of this: https://www.dhimurru.com.au/uploads/8...

Safe travels. 😊

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