Places Home > All Places > Infrastructure > WA > Australia's North West

Barnett River Crossing - WA

Barnett River Crossing

Gibb River Rd

Gibb River Rd map

Traction plus momentum = rescue

No traction so no momentum

Moderate momentum

River Crossing

Position

DEG: -16.709266 125.935893

DMS: 16º 42' 33.36" S 125º 56' 9.2" E

UTM: 51 K 8150299mN 813099mE

Altitude: 396.54m

Address & Contact

Derby Gibb River Road
King Leopold Ranges WA 6728

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

This river crossing is just 2km east of the Barnett River Roadhouse where the Gibb River Road crosses the Barnett River. In December 2025 a new concrete bridge (see photo) has been built ready for the 2026 season. Previously a 2-lane wide concrete causeway and was more likely to be covered in 20cm of soft sand in May/June while there was still a water flow. Conditions vary throughout the year and each season brings different conditions so always approach crossings with care and drive to conditions on the day.

PlaceID	102899

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.

Download Place

Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Gibb River Road

Nearby Places (13)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Doongan at 12/09:00am WST

Distance from Barnett River Crossing 153.09km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
25.4°C	27.0°C	59%	17.0°C	1020.0hPa	0.0mm	E	4km/hr 2knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Elizabeth

Distance from Barnett River Crossing 36.9km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.0	32.1	32.4	32.5	29.9	28.0	28.5	30.5	34.1	35.9	36.2	34.1
Mean Min. °C	22.1	21.8	20.5	16.7	12.0	8.8	8.1	9.5	14.9	19.1	21.6	22.3
Mean Rain mm	255.7	226.2	163.3	39.4	14.7	12.8	3.1	1.9	8.6	32.5	74.4	166.9