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North of Cape Tribulation, the Bloomfield Track is an interesting drive through the Rainforest on a 4WD only dirt track, traversing several creek and river crossings and including some steep climbs and descents. This is the more typical route than the CREB Track which is another route through the Daintree that meets the Bloomfield Falls. The Bloomfield Track ends at Bloomfied Crossing at the Aboriginal Community of Wujal Wujal and travellers can either continue north for 46km through tiny settlements of Bloomfield, Rossville, and Helensvale before meeting the sealed Cooktown Developmental Road that after another 28km brings the traveller to Cooktown or perhaps stop at the falls before returning back south.

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None, however be aware that Cape Tribulation is one of the most popular day trips from Cairns or Port Douglas and accommodation is booked solid during peak periods.

A true rainforest habitat, river crossings, the Bloomfield Falls, and the most popular access route north of Cains towards Cooktown.

This trek is for 4WD vehicles only, with wet river crossings likely. Low range may not be required during mild conditions. Although this should only take about 1.5 hours driving time in good conditions, it is recommended that the traveller take some food and water in case of emergency as there are no facilites along the track. Depending on the prevailing conditions, several creek and river crossings may challenge the driver’s skills. The track is fairly well travelled however and assistance should not be too far away if required. Observing the approach and transit of the more difficult crossings by other vehicles will give an indication of the level of difficulty.

Fuel Supplies & Usage

	Wujal Wujal	Diesel	4cyl 5 litres	ULP	4cyl 5 litres	LPG	4cyl 7 litres
			6cyl 5 litres		6cyl 6 litres		6cyl 6 litres
			8cyl 6 litres		8cyl 5 litres

Fuel is also available at Cooktown and to the South at Wonga Beach and Mossman. Fuel is available at Bloomfield on Saturday’s and Sunday’s only but you will need to check for opening hours.

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Services & Supplies

The following locations have various services and supplies: Cape Tribulation, Wujal Wujal
Supplies is also available at Cooktown and to the South at Wonga Beach and Mossman. The Caltex service station and convenience store at Wonga Beach has groceries and take-away food.

Being a true Rainforest Habitat it is normal to expect some level of wet conditions during the trek - ranging from drizzly rain and wet sections of track at the beginning of the trek at Cape Tribulation to a drier and more barren environment towards the end.

Cape Tribulation was so named by Captain James Cook after his ship ran aground on Endeavour Reef. Aboriginals however, called the area Kulki. The first track through the Daintree was an Aboriginal footpath, that with the arrival of settlers and miners, was later upgraded to a packhorse track. In 1983 the Bloomfield Track was formed for vehicles by bulldozers, attracting international attention to the fight to save the lowland Daintree rainforests. The conservationists lost that battle, but the publicity generated by the blockade indirectly led to the Federal Government's moves in 1987 to nominate Qld's wet tropical rainforests for World Heritage listing. Despite strenuous resistance by the Queensland timber industry and state government, the area was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1988 and one of the key outcomes was a total ban on commercial logging in the area.