Gulf Savannah Visitor Guide

Australia’s Adventure Drive - www.savannahway.com.au 5 Climate DECEMBER TO MARCH is “The Wet” or “Green Season”. The countryside is lush and the birdlife is prolific. There is frequent rainfall and relatively high temperatures and humidity. Everything is growing and renewing itself. Road improvements have opened the region to visitors for most of this period between Cairns and Karumba. Check road conditions before travel with local Visitor Information Centres or Queensland Transport and Main Roads at www.131940.qld.gov.au / phone 13 19 40. Burke and Carpentaria Shire Councils provide daily Road Reports on Visitor Information Centre websites during the wet season. Wet roads and rising river systems can be dangerous and conditions can change rapidly with rainfall, especially at low level stream crossings. APRIL TO OCTOBER is a time of daily sunshine and very little rain. The warm days are balanced with cool nights especially in July and August. The countryside turns golden. This is “The Dry” season and most popular time to travel on The Savannah Way. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER - Storm activity begins before the monsoon season. The late “Dry” has bird concentrations at their peak around water until the waterholes are replenished, birdlife increases and the countryside turn green again. Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Average Min-Max Celsius 24-32 24-31 23-31 22-29 20-28 18-26 17-26 18-27 19-28 21-30 22-31 23-31 Average Rainfall mm 260 251 158 31 8 9 3 2 3 11 45 144