Great Northern Adventure

mai - août 2023

Trip up East Coast from Coffs Harbour to the Cape, over to Darwin then down the centre En savoir plus

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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 1 juin 2023 à 13:00
- 🌬 25 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Australie State of Queensland Cook Shire Low Island -16.378937, 145.54222516°22’44” S 145°32’32” E
Jour 25
Port Douglas Low Island 1st June
1 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Had a great day out on the Low Island just off Port Douglas. 15 mins out by The Reef Sprinter (3 x 300 horsepowerengines!)
Amazing coral and tropical fish, guide says reef is in really healthy condition. Visibility under water was excellent.
Glass bottom boat tour was also very good. Overall, great day and well worth it! Not as "touristy" as I expected.En savoir plus
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- 2 juin 2023 à 11:35
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Australie State of Queensland Cairns Mooroobool -16.938165, 145.74231616°56’17” S 145°44’32” E
Jour 26
Cairns 2-4th June 2023
2 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
First City Caravilla
Getting ready for Cape trip!!
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 4 juin 2023 à 09:59
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 358 m
- Australie State of Queensland Tablelands Chillagoe Balancing Rock -17.154115, 144.52317417°9’15” S 144°31’23” E
Jour 28
Day 1 of 4wd Adventure
4 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
From Cairns up the Kungala way to Mareeba.
Then follow the Wheelbarrow way thru Dimbilah to Chillagoe, where we spent our first of 18 nights in the swag and tent.
Wheelbarrow way got its name from all the Chinese pushing their Wheelbarrows to the Chillagoe tin mines.
Lots of sugar & coffee plantations. All they need is the odd diary farm and we'd be right!
Chillagoe also has the Balancing Rock and a great cave system (Chillagoe-Mungana Caves)En savoir plus
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Voyageur You sure you've taken the right vehicle
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Michael Sharpe No, but will make the best of it...
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Hello this is Amy and Nancy 😃 [Nancy]
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Michael Sharpe Hello Amy and Nancy, hope you're enjoying the travel log!
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Certainly am Keep them coming. Enjoy 🥰 [Nancy 🥰]
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 5 juin 2023 à 16:11
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 426 m
- Australie State of Queensland Douglas -16.107696, 144.77728616°6’28” S 144°46’38” E
Jour 29
Day 2 4wd Cape Adventure
5 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Day 2 - Chillagoe to Palmer River Roudhouse.
A good day started with a visit to the Tom Prior Ford museum in Chillagoe, which was a bit underwhelming. (Nice Ford XW Gt though!)

We dropped tyre pressure down to 30 psi to tackle dirt, dips, grids and the odd water crossing.
On to Mt Mulligan Coal mine, site of the 3rd largest mining disaster, where 75 poor bastards lost their lives in a coal dust explosion in 1921.
It would have been a tough life in the mines up here.

After lunch at Mt Mulligan, we continued the dusty 4wd track to the Mitchell river, which was a very pleasant stop after the heat & dust.
Tonight, we stay at the Palmer River roadhouse and have been promised a "bbq with all the trimmings, the best feed of the tour." Looking forward to it!
Ps: bbq was a bit overrated..En savoir plus
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 6 juin 2023 à 15:03
- 🌬 31 °C
- Altitude: 145 m
- Australie State of Queensland Hope Vale -15.495309, 144.26767215°29’43” S 144°16’4” E
Jour 30
Day 3 4wd Cape Adventure
6 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
First up, happy birthday, Julie!
Have a great day🎂🥳

Left Palmer River for James Earl lookout. Spectacular views but a bit overcast.
Still on a mix of dirt and bitumen as we made our way to Split Rock.

After a steep one km walk, we arrived at indigenous cave paintings. Plenty of them, I'm no artist but I reckon I could do better.

Morning tea at Laura, famous for sending an indigenous tracker down to Victoria that led to Ned Kellys capture.

On to the Hahn River for Lunch, then to Musgrave Roudhouse for an early finish.
Saw the fresh water crocs being fed, I think the turtles were more aggressive. Thanks to Trev for thecroc video.)

Julie's birthday dinner consisted of ;
Julie- chicken kiev
Tevor- barramundi
Michael- seafood basket
A couple of beers and sauvignon blanc rounded out another good dayEn savoir plus
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 7 juin 2023 à 14:05
- 🌬 31 °C
- Altitude: 77 m
- Australie State of Queensland Cook Shire Merluna -13.062812, 142.44795913°3’46” S 142°26’53” E
Jour 31
Day 4 4wd Cape adventure
7 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Up early and left Musgrave Roundhouse for Merluna Station
Still on a mix of dirt and bitumen, about 60/40%
Stopped at Coen for a break, then onto Archer River for possibly the worst coffee ever made. Note to self: if they advertise their coffee is instant, that's a bad sign...
Straight onto Merluna station, a 416,000 acre cattle station. A nice camp with grass and 3 differently bird watching tracks. We'll be taking advantage of that, while keeping an eye out for the 3m salty crocodile said to inhabit the creek... will post a picture of him if we see him first..En savoir plus
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Roads look reasonable I only remember tracks most of the way That’s a nice spot to camp Hope you see more birds not crocsxx [Mum]
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Michael Sharpe Roads are pretty good! After Weipa they get worse!
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 8 juin 2023 à 16:06
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Australie State of Queensland Weipa Nanum -12.638477, 141.86072312°38’19” S 141°51’39” E
Jour 32
Day 5 4wd Cape Adventure
8 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Left Merluna Station this morning. The late start allowed for a brisk 6 km walk this morning, the first for a while. Plenty of cockatoos up early as well as a wallaby, sleeping in the middle of the road that had some personal hygiene issues.
Only a couple of hours drive to Weipa where we went on a boat ride into the Port and up the estuary system. Plenty of crocs and birds.
Tonight's meal is at the caravan park Cafe at Weipa called Barramunchies!
Can't wait...
Anyway, Weipa is renown for the Bauxite mines and fishing, but we ignore them and head of to Morten Telegraph Station in Wenlock tomorrow .En savoir plus
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Voyageur Those crocs are huge! Also, barramunchies 😆😆
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 9 juin 2023 à 16:53
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 51 m
- Australie State of Queensland Spring Creek -12.665747, 142.06541512°39’57” S 142°3’55” E
Jour 33
Day 6 4wd Cape Adventure
9 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Spent the morning in Weipa with a good walk, bit of shopping, and a look at the community centre/ museum for a bit of kulcha.
On the road by lunch with a move thru Batavia Downs station. It's here we dropped tyre pressure down to 26psi as we get closer to the old Telegraph track. The roads are still pretty good, but the recovery gear comes into the car tomorrow for easy access!
While today was a pretty quiet and uneventful day, tomorrow promises to be more interesting....
Spent the night at Moreton Telegraph Station.En savoir plus
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Nice site for camping 🥰 Nancy [Nancy]
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More photos please [Nancy]
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 10 juin 2023 à 19:21
- 🌙 26 °C
- Altitude: 51 m
- Australie State of Queensland Spring Creek -12.665747, 142.06541512°39’57” S 142°3’55” E
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Jour 34
Day 7 4wd Cape Adventure
10 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Left Moreton Telegraph Station after a sprinkle of rain last night. Was very refreshing after sleeping with the flaps open and waking up to a mist of rain coming on....until got hot heavy.
The real 4wd started today we hit the Telegraph track after passing through Bramell junction and Batavia Downs Station.
The highlight was Cockatoo Crossing, Trevor maiden Creek crossing. He did beautifully as 2nd car thru (after our illustrious leader) see video.
A couple of more crossing and some pretty horrendous washouts we rolled into Elliot Falls. We'll spend 2 nights here in a dodgy campsite, but spectacular falls.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Did u go left or right out of the creek?
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Michael Sharpe Right 😄
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Voyageur Now that looks fun 4x4
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Michael Sharpe Great Northern Adventure
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- 11 juin 2023 à 13:17
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- Australie State of Queensland Northern Peninsula Area -11.386125, 142.41323611°23’10” S 142°24’48” E
Jour 35
Day 8 4wd Cape Adventure
11 juin 2023, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Day 2 at Elliot Falls.
Trev & I did the Saucepan, Elliott falls and the Twin Falls by noodle last evening. Was spectacular, with Elliott Falls proving a bit hairy if you took the wrong line.. (seeTrevs injury pics).
Got the drone up today at the saucepan, but was too windy for the rest. Will try this evening.
It's hot today, would be over 30, plenty of ants & flies.
Tomorrow, we are off to Seisha for 3 nights!En savoir plus
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Awesome track Now that’s as I remember I it Fantastic driving but don’t get a swelled head just yet You will be looking forward to Seisha 🥵 [Nancy]
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Michael Sharpe It's 33c and humid this afternoon. Beach looks beautiful but can't swim 😞🐊🦈🦈🐊
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Voyageur Looks stunning!! Poor Trev, I feel you - I’ve still got scars from Sticks River 😆🫣
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