Karumba 30th May Karumba is made famous by the fact that Bart mentions it in every episode of the Simpsons . Aye Karumba !!!!!! The campsite was welcoming friendly and accommodating. The people we met were lovely . The fishing is apparently electric . So why didn’t we like it so much . It felt…
View MoreWeipa 14th May Weipa is a mining and fishing town. If you are interested in these its not the place for you because there is nothing else. Bauxite mining is what its about and as you approach the town as we did their is a giants road crossing for giant vehicles hauling mined bauxite. The…
View MorePunsand Bay 28th May What a great place. Site with sun and shade that looks directly onto the beach, and a bar and a pool !!! We stayed two nights in the end . Weaving our trip to the tip of Australia into the stay. First day i went to the shop to enquire about…
View MoreVrilya Point. Â 20th May Vriyla gets a great write up wherever you see it . Bush campsite at the mouth of a little creek . Its only 30k off the PDR so you would be forgiven for thinking it could be a hotspot. However it has a natural piece of protection. The only way in…
View MoreJanie Creek  18th May We got to Cullen Point , bought our permits from the Mapoon Aboriginal Council and headed to the campsite. It would be fair to say that we were disappointed. There were three or four encampments that had clearly been there for a number of weeks and it had the feeling of…
View MorePennefather River 16th May We were heading for Cullen Point and on the way we were due to pass the turn off for Pennefather River which reportedly had good camping and great fishing. Bit of a huddle and we all agreed it would be rude not to check it out. So we drove the 30…
View MoreCoen and Chilli Beach 10th May Easy trip to Coen from Cooktown on the Peninsula Development Road (PDR)which is the main route up to the tip of Cape York . For scale it is 1000km from Cairns to the tip . We found a nice spot in the campsite behind the pub to have our…
View MoreCooktown 3rd May We swung into the Cooktown Racecourse campsite.This is a council run site that again demands fully enclosed shower, kitchen , black and grey water systems. Once I used some sealant to block up the grey water system drain valve that had been knocked off on the trail we were 100% compliant ….
View MoreCape Tribulation -1st May On the way from Port Douglas we popped in early to Mossman Gorge . Its another one of these fantastic ravines with huge boulders and cool running water. Our plan was to have an energising walk up to the gorge a swim then back already for the journey ahead. We were…
View MorePort Douglas 25th April The Port Douglas stop was always going to be a bit of a revisit of some of the finer things in life due to the facilities on offer in the town. This was further enhanced when Heather flew into town for a few ladies days with her buddy Kate. To say…
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