17-Oct-2024 -- I’m on vacation in Western Australia, beginning in the remote, sparsely-populated Kimberley region, in Australia’s tropical north (at the tail end of its ‘dry season’). There are several Degree Confluence Points in this area, but many of them are difficult to reach (with some still unvisited by anyone), as they lie within large tracts of land (often huge farm stations or Aboriginal lands), far from roads. This point, however, is quite easy to reach, as it lies just 300m from a dirt road (that leads to the nearby Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal settlement). Nonetheless, this point has been visited only once before - by Chris Weight in September 2002, 22 years ago.

From highway 1 (south-east of Derby), I turned right onto Camballin Road, and then right again onto Mt Anderson Road. Both of these dirt/gravel roads were easy to drive in 2WD, but after I made my final turn - onto a dirt road at [-17.98973,123.99642], towards Jarlmadangah Burru - I felt the need to switch to 4WD mode, as the road here has sandy patches.

This dirt road passes just 300m northeast of the point, leading to an easy hike through long, dry grass. I found it notable that the grass seemed a lot longer than in Chris Weight’s photos from 2002.

I didn’t continue onto the nearby Aboriginal settlement, as I was not sure whether I would be allowed to visit it without a permit. I did, however, fly my drone over it, from the Degree Confluence Point.