Dear Belinda, In the mid '90's we spent a week hemmed in at Cable Beach Resort
before deciding to escape up the Gibb River Road for the second week. We hired
a Landcruiser in Broome and had no restrictions on taking it off road. It was
some time ago but I think we used Australian 4WD Hire. I have copied the link
below. The site highlights the fact that they allow renters to take their
vehicles off road and I could not find any caveats against this on the site.
http://www.australian4wdhire.com.au/Whether you need a Landcruiser or an
Outback depends on where you want to go. Whilst an Subaru Outback would have no
difficulty with getting up the Gibb River Road as far as Drysdale River Station
(assuming, as Robert has pointed out, you could find a hire company who would
let you on that road), if you wanted to get to Mitchell River Plateau for the
Black Grasswrens, you would definitely need something more than a 'soft roader'.
Hope this helps. I'd be interested to know how you go because we are
considering revisiting Broome and the Kimberley in the September school hols.
Kind regards
Judith
> From: > To: > Date: Tue, 5 Feb
> 2008 10:14:09 +0900> Subject: [Birding-Aus] 4WD hire in Western Australia> >
> Hi all> > In a few months time, I'm planning to drive from Perth to Broome
> and back, > seeing as I miss Broome terribly and haven't been through the
> Pilbara and > Gascoyne since I started birdwatching.> > I'm currently having
> a bit of a problem finding a hire company that doesn't > state that their
> 4WDs are to "stay on the bitumen". This rule has me > stumped, why would I
> pay the extra money for a 4WD if I'm only allowed to > drive on roads where
> only a 2WD is required? Over half the roads in W.A. > are gravel anyway, and
> I'll quite likely be driving on a few more sandy > tracks where I would like
> the security of 4WD.> > Anyone know of a hire company that will actually let
> me take their 4WDs > four-wheel driving?> > Thanks> > Belinda> Scaborough >
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