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Re: Heading North
Reply #30 on: August 21, 2013, 04:12:33 PM
crossing a croc infested river



Distances in the Cape.  in km from the Musgrave Roadhouse. Cairns to "The Top" adds up to 1020km, 700 of which are corrugated dirt roads. And tht's just one way... you have to get back again too.



an example of the said "dirt roads"



This is "Fruit Bat Falls" a popular swimming hole along the "Old Telegraph Track" that is a popular but challenging 4WD route up Cape York.


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Re: Heading North
Reply #31 on: August 21, 2013, 04:18:00 PM

Alas most of the "Tele Track" was beyond the capability of our vehicle. and it is actually a fairly capable 4WD, essentially a Mitsubishi Pajero with a van body. The main problems were that it was heavily loaded and does't have a snorkel. Several of the river crossings are well over a meter deep.



A typical "easy" creek crossing



An example of a more challenging water crossing



and then there's the infamous "Gunshot Creek"

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Re: Heading North
Reply #32 on: August 21, 2013, 04:25:06 PM
We visited a couple of WWII aircraft crash sites, this one was a DC3 that crashed in 1945






Amazingly one of our group found this mostly buried in the dirt path outside the fenced area.



God knows how many thousands of people have visited the site in the last 68 years and it only came to light now.



This wreck was a Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber

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Re: Heading North
Reply #33 on: August 21, 2013, 04:34:56 PM
The final few kilometers to the tip are along a narrow track through dense rainforest




This is what it was all about





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Re: Heading North
Reply #34 on: August 21, 2013, 04:35:49 PM

Tree frog in the shower block at the campground at Loyalty Beach



Sunset at Loyalty Beach



10-12 foot crocodile swimming past about 50m off the beach... There is no fence and I'm sleeping on the ground!



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Re: Heading North
Reply #35 on: August 21, 2013, 04:42:49 PM
thank you for sharing this very amazing adventure.  great pictures and Im sure to be even better memories.  such a beautiful country down under and I cant imagine how much fun you all are having.  take care and happy trails
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Re: Heading North
Reply #36 on: August 21, 2013, 05:00:51 PM
Sunset at Crystal Creek beach camping north of Vrilya Point



a 55 km long straight on the Peninsular Development Road south of Bramwell Junction



Soooo good to see green countryside again Athertom Tablelands, near Cairns




Australia is now 2 inches shorter because I've got the tip.  :rofl:

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Re: Heading North
Reply #37 on: August 21, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: PTRSAK on August 21, 2013, 03:45:43 PM
My mate took this photo purely to illustrate the updraft at the Castle Hill lookout in Townsville... honest



She busted him...  :rofl:


That is a very nice updraft if I do say so myself! :D

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Re: Heading North
Reply #38 on: August 21, 2013, 08:09:16 PM
Quote from: derekmac on August 21, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: PTRSAK on August 21, 2013, 03:45:43 PM
My mate took this photo purely to illustrate the updraft at the Castle Hill lookout in Townsville... honest



She busted him...  :rofl:


That is a very nice updraft if I do say so myself! :D

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Agreed. :D



Quote from: PTRSAK on August 21, 2013, 04:18:00 PM
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and then there's the infamous "Gunshot Creek"

(Image removed from quote.)

:o

:ahhh

Thanks for the cool pictures, Peter. I think it's gonna be a trip you'll remember for ages. :tu:
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Re: Heading North
Reply #39 on: August 21, 2013, 09:47:57 PM
Awesome photo review Peter!¡! I may have to visit one day :think:
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Re: Heading North
Reply #40 on: August 21, 2013, 10:16:24 PM
Just see this thread, great pictures and places to visit!  These pictures will bring back good memories for years to come.  :tu:
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Re: Heading North
Reply #41 on: August 22, 2013, 12:05:40 AM
That looks like an amazing trip!

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Reply #42 on: August 22, 2013, 12:09:25 AM
Not my video but this is a very good one to get an idea of what the Old Telegraph Track is like.

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Reply #43 on: August 22, 2013, 12:28:06 AM
I don't have 30 minutes to watch that now, but I think I'd hate to be pulling a trailer along that!

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Re: Heading North
Reply #44 on: August 22, 2013, 12:50:46 AM
Sweet video, that looks like my kind of wheelin!

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Reply #45 on: August 22, 2013, 12:59:42 AM
awesome looking trip mate. :salute:  thanks for taking us along. :)
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Re: Heading North
Reply #46 on: August 28, 2013, 03:48:59 AM
Yah man, that looked like great fun! :cheers: Well, the bumpy roads not so much, but everything else looked great :D
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