Gives topographic indications and good town street maps. Excellent introduction to the Kimberley National Parks. CALM also has leaflets on the parks and publishes a series of Bush Books - pocket field guides to common birds, plants, mammals, whales and dolphins, and hazardous animals of the region. The Wet and Dry are the two white seasons. Aboriginal people have twelve seasons according to what bush food is available.
Many roads are impassable in the wet summer so the best time to go is winter.
July and August are the preferred cycle touring months although temperatures may reach the 30s during the day. You must also be self sufficient in food and able to carry about seven days food with you for more remote sections. The Great Northern Highway is sealed all the way from Kununurra to Broome with a good shoulder from Kununurra to Fitzroy Crossing. Road trains will give you plenty of room if they can but watch out for cars pulling caravans as some drivers seem to forget that their caravan is wider than their car. National Park is good mountain bike riding but some tracks within the park are very sandy - especially the one into Cathedral and Piccaninny Gorge.