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CAPE YORK – DAY 9 – WEIPA Rest Day
We had a mine tour at 8.30. We went to the Andoon mine, we saw belly dumpers and tippers digging up the bauxite which is what they make aluminium out of, it looks like small red pebbles. We crossed the largest single lane bridge in the southern hemisphere to getRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 8 – WEIPA
We had cane toads at the tent.. We are still in Weipa, as It is a rest day so we didn’t get up too early. We had a look around town, it wasn’t very big. Went in the pool for another swim & had an ice cream We stopped andRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 7 – MUSGRAVE to Weipa
Early morning start in the rain again ! We crossed the Great Dividing range 270m elevation. A kookaburra nearly flew into the car. We stoped at Archer River Roadhouse for morning tea, then we went down to the river for a swim & some of the others tried to catchRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 6 – LAURA to Musgrave
We left early in the morning, the roads were still very dusty and rough. We saw 2 Brolgas on the side of the road. We stoped at a place called Kalpowar Crossing for morning tea, this is where we should have camped last night. we crossed the Normandy river, ThereRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 5 – PALMER RIVER to LAURA
I got up early as it wasn’t raining & went fishing but didn’t catch anything. We packed up and were headed for Hells Gate which we were told only horses could get thru. The roads here were very rocky and there was lots of red dust, the trees on the sidesRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 4 – Cooktown to Palmer River Gold Reserve
We packed up the tent in the rain, everything was wet.Yuck We travelled to The Palmer River Roadhouse where we had morning tea before making our way to Maytown. We drove thru the Palmer river. Maytown is a old gold town which has been abandoned. We walked down the main street,Read More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 3 – COOKTOWN
Today was a rest day. I went on a Crocodile Safari with my new friends, we sat in a small boat while the driver showed us some crocodiles in the river. We got really close to a baby one, but then Kayla moved and scared the croc, he jumped atRead More …
CAPE YORK – DAY 2 – Lion’s Den to Cooktown
Today we drove from The Lions Den hotel & were making our way to Cooktown. This was only a short trip. We stoped at Back Mountain which looks like someone has put big black heavy boulders on top of each other to make a mountain. The mountains are black granite,Read More …
Cape York – Day 1 – Cairns to the Lion’s Den
We all left Cairns and travelled up to the Mosman ferry, the roads were very curvy. We had to wait for the 2nd trip on the ferry as all the cars didn’t fit on the first one. While we waited we took photos, We had entered Cassowary & crocodile country. WhileRead More …
CAPE YORK 2011 – UP TO CAIRNS – DAY 6 – BOWEN
we had pancakes for breakfast then we left the caravan park and we were back on the road and drove to the shops to get supplies ( lollies,dinner and bread ) then we drove until we found a nice little picnic park at Bowen and had lunch yum ! thenRead More …