Victoria Highway is the only sealed bitumen road connecting the Northern Territory with the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Victoria Highway begins at its junction with Stuart Highway at the town of Katherine (300 km south of Darwin) and cosses the Western Australia Border near Timber Creek. It terminates at Kununurra.

To reach Perth from Wyndham, take Great Northern Highway (National Highway 95) which passes through the Kimberley region of Western Australia via Turkey Creek (Purnululu National Park), Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing (Geikie Gorge) and Derby to Broome.

The highway as described above is the western section of The Savannah Way, which links Broome to Cairns via Katherine.

Great Northern Highway follows the coast south from Broome to Port Hedland. From Port hedland, drivers have the choice of continuing to follow the coast all the way to Perth, or take the shorter, inland route to Perth via Great Northern Highway, passing Karijini National Park, Newman, Meekatharra and Mounty Magnet.

The coastal route follows the North West Coastal Highway, passing through the Pilbara coastal towns of Wickham, Dampier, Karratha and Onslow. Between Karratha and Carnarvon, a turn-off near Manilya Roadhouse leads to Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay, Exmouth and North west Cape.

Continuing south on North West Coastal Highway, between Carnarvon and Geraldton are turnoffs to Shark Bay (Denham, Dirk Harog Island, Monkey Mia) and Kalbarri.

From Geraldton, follow Brand Highway to Perth.

Best Time to Go

The area north of the Tropic of Capricorn is best seen between April and October when the weather is cooler and there are no cyclones to leave you stranded or washed out. During those months, the attractions along the way draw in local, interstate and overseas tourists, of which a large number use four wheel drives towing caravans, so if anything happens along the way, you generally won't have to wait long before someone to comes along and offers assistance.

The Kimberley and Pilbara receive periods of torrential rainfall between November and May. At some locations, it is not unusual for the road to be underneath metres of water. However as little as 100 mm of water is sufficient to cause a major accident if driven into at high speed.