The 'easy' way is the Great Central Road from Laverton through to Yulara. Bitumen / main roads from Perth out to Kalgoorlie and north, although north of Kal you can find dirt roads that parallel the main highway.
Great Central Road includes parts of the old Gunbarrel Highway towards the WA / NT border. Road condition depends on how recently the grader has been through, but I found the WA side not too bad (sections of corrugation, but keeping it over 80kph smoothed them out). The NT side on the other hand was much rougher, particularly the washouts leading up to creek lines.
Day 23 & 24 – The Great Central Road | The Path Less Ridden
I did it last year in about April, the weather was perfect - not too hot, not too cold, no rain while on the road but there had been recently prior, so the desert flowers were blooming.
The Meerenie loop between the West MacDonnell ranges and Kings Canyon was a really interesting road, highly recommended, although fairly rough when I went through - not unmanagable though.
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