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 Cape York Day 24 - Weipa to Seisa

Submitted: Sunday, Aug 16, 1998 at 16:46
(Bill & Neil)
Us at Cannibal Creek
Us at Cannibal Creek
We departed Eliot Falls about 7.30am along the Northern end of the Telegraph Track, on of the better 4WD locations on the Cape. This road has interesting creek crossings and the ultimate challenge of crossing the Jardine. At Cannibal Creek two cars required recovery assistance and a log bridge crossing at Cyprus Creek required careful maneuvering and wheel placement to cross. Crossing Bridged Creek Bill did an "Alf Johnston" with a wave of water flowing over the bonnet, front windscreen and roof, filling the snorkel pre-filter with water.

At last we arrived at the Jardine River road crossing but an inspection of the river bottom and water levels seemed to suggest a successful crossing would be very unlikely – the sand being very soft and spongy. So all proceeded to the Jardine Ferry crossing along badly corrugated road surfaces which successfully destroyed all beer supplies in Bill and Neil’s refrigerator – a disaster! Additionally, this same road caused Na-Na’s vehicle to have a broken front drive shaft. The road from the ferry to Bamaga was also badly corrugated and there was some relief when all finally reached bitumen at Bamaga.
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 All Entries August 1998

25 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 33 - Seisa to Cairns
12 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 20 - Weipa to Seisa
24 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 32 - Seisa to Cairns
11 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 19 - Weipa to Seisa
23 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 31 - Seisa to Cairns
10 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 18 - Cairns to Weipa
22 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 30 - Seisa to Cairns
09 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 17 - Cairns to Weipa
21 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 29 - Seisa to Cairns
08 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 16 - Cairns to Weipa
20 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 28 - Seisa to Cairns
07 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 15 - Cairns to Weipa
19 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 27 - Seisa to Cairns
06 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day14 - Cairns to Weipa
18 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 26 - Seisa to Cairns
05 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 13 - Cairns to Weipa
17 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 25 - Weipa to Seisa
04 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 12 - Cairns to Weipa
16 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 24 - Weipa to Seisa
04 Aug 1998 - New Life Day 12 - Sydney to Cairns
15 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 23 - Weipa to Seisa
03 Aug 1998 - New Life Day 11 - Sydney to Cairns
14 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 22 - Weipa to Seisa
02 Aug 1998 - New Life Day 10 - Sydney to Cairns
13 Aug 1998 - Cape York Day 21 - Weipa to Seisa
01 Aug 1998 - New Life Day 9 - Sydney to Cairns
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