King Leopold Ranges and Fairfield Leopold Downs Road in Western Australia

About the Kimberley
• The Kimberley in Australia is one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth, with rustic unique outback landscapes and landmarks billions of years in the making. Covering app 423,000 square kilometres in north Western Australia and with a population of less than 40,000 people, it’s here you’ll encounter some of the most extraordinary outback adventuresand folks in Australia. Discover ancient gorge country with hikes and trekking a must in planning your Kimberley vacation to enormous cattle stations, pristine coastline and sandy beaches, to one of the oldest cultures on the planet and the world’s only horizontal waterfalls.

About King Leopold Ranges and Fairfield Leopold Downs Road in Western Australia
The Fairfield Leopold Downs Road is an unsealed road in Western Australia. It starts near Camerons Plain. For cyclists and those towing caravans, boats or heavy loads the Fairfield Leopold Downs Road is a fairly flat road with the steepest gradient/incline along its length being only about 3%.

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About King Leopold Ranges in Western Australia
The King Leopold Ranges are a range of hills in the western Kimberley region of Western Australia. The range was named on 6 June 1879 by the explorer Alexander Forrest, during an expedition in the Kimberley area, after King Leopold II of Belgium, "for the great interest taken by His Majesty in exploration".

Crossed by the Gibb River Road about 134 kilometres (83 mi) east of Derby, part of the ranges are covered by the 3,921 square kilometres (1,514 sq mi) King Leopold Ranges Conservation National Park, managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation.

The ranges separate the main Kimberley plateau from the southern Fitzroy plains and consist of quartz sandstone intruded by dolerite. The ranges are shaped like a crescent with a length of 567 kilometres (352 mi) running from the northern end of the Durack Range in the East to east of Secure Bay in the West Kimberley.

The range is estimated to cover a total area of 30,794 square kilometres (11,890 sq mi). The ranges, which have an average height 600 metres (1,969 ft), were named by Alexander Forrest in 1879 after King Leopold II of Belgium. The highest point of the range is found at Mount Wells which is 983 metres (3,225 ft) above mean sea level. The next two highest peaks are Mount Ord at 936 metres (3,071 ft) and Mount Broome at 927 metres (3,041 ft).

Nearby features include Mount Hart, Bell Gorge, Silent Grove and Lennard Gorge as well as the Napier Range and Queen Victoria's Head granite outcrop. Fitzroy Bluff is formed where the Fitzroy River carves through the range. Camping is permitted at Mount Hart, Bell Creek or at Silent Grove. The traditional owners of the area are the Ngarinjin, Konejandi and Bunaba peoples.
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About Fairfield Leopold Downs Road in Western Australia

From Fitzroy Crossing travel some 45klm towards Derby to the Fairfield Leopold Downs Road turnoff. The road’s name is derived from the two Cattle Stations it passes through to reach the Gibb River road at its western end. Travel some 65klm up on the Fairfield Leopold Downs Road thru a water crossing to Tunnel Creek National Park. The main feature of the park is of course the 750 metre tunnel that a creek has worn through the Napier Range. The tunnel is the oldest cave system in Western Australia. Then travel 150 kilometres from Fitzroy Crossing and 145 kilometres from Derby to Windjana Gorge.

About Fairfield Leopold Downs Road in Western Australia

Getting to Tunnel Creek National Park
Access to the park is via unsealed roads, approximately 35 kilometres southeast of Windjana Gorge National Park or 90 kilometres from Fitzroy Crossing. Tunnel Creek National Park is a day use area only, with facilities limited to toilets and an information shelter. No overnight camping is permitted and access is limited to the dry season only. © source | courtesy of australiasnorthwest.com

Getting to Windjana Gorge Western Australia?
150 kilometres from Fitzroy Crossing and 145 kilometres from Derby. The road to Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek is the Fairfields Leopold Downs Road.

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