Re: [RML] North West Australia

David Wilson (rwilson at taunet.net.au)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:03:18 +1030

Matthew
The East Kimberley Shire Council at Kununurra (phone 08 9168 1677) should
be able to give you some information about the Gibb River Road.

NT Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries phone 08 8999 4321 should be
able to advise about collecting regulations. I don't have a number for WA
Fisheries.

Dave Wilson
Darwin

>G'day Matthew
>
>The Gibb River Road shouldn't be a problem in your 2wd - when you turn onto
>it off the Wyndham Road there is one of those Christmas tree signs that is
>"loaded with goodies". You know the ones - 15 different messages depending
>what is your ultimate destination and they give you a general idea how the
>road is at the time e.g. 4WD only past so and so, no caravans etc
>
>We only used 4WD crossing the King Edward River and on a couple of "hairy"
>bits of the Mitchell Plateau track
>
>Perhaps Dave Wilson could tell you the current state of the amateur
>collecting regulations up there. I don't know of anyone who has kept any of
>the Kimberley gudgeons or any natural populations of M. gracilis outside WA.
>We did find a population of M. exquisita in WA on the way over in Bindoola
>Creek near Bluey O'Malley's crossing
>
>
>Regards,
>Bruce.
>
>Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
>
>Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
>
>Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Stanton <matthews at sf.nsw.gov.au>
>To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au' <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Date: Monday, 22 February 1999 14:54
>Subject: [RML] North West Australia
>
>
>>Dear RML,
>>I am heading to WA and NT for a longish holiday in April/May/June.
>>I have a number of queries of anyone who has been to that part of the world