Where should we stay?
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013 at 16:56
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I am in the beginning stages of planning our trip to
Cape York from
Sydney and have 4wks approx to do it all.
I am stuck at
Cairns,
Port Douglas and
Mossman and which place to stay at, so from experiences where would you stay and info good and bad on each place?
We want to visit
Mossman gorge and will be reaching our stop off (whichever place we decide from above) late, so would you stay 2 nights at this destination and continue on after the 2nd night or would you stay 1 night visit the gorge and continue on and only travel a short distance and stay at say
Daintree or
cape tribulation?
Thanks in advance
Katie
Reply By: Idler Chris - Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013 at 17:18
Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013 at 17:18
Mossman. Great butcher at the end of town near a hardware store. In a back street there is a self serve
BP depot with much cheaper fuel.
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Reply By: Patrol22 - Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013 at 19:54
Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013 at 19:54
You have a few options really.
Mossman is my hometown so I'm likely to be a bit biased but the
Riverside Caravan Park on the banks of the
Mossman River is pretty good and is just 1km north of town and about 5km from the
Mossman Gorge. To the south of
Mossman and still north of
Cairns you have
Ellis Beach (caravan park on the
Cook Highway and right on the beach), a
Big 4 near the Mowbray turnoff just to the south of
Port Douglas and then there is another park in
Port Douglas proper. To the north of
Mossman there is another beachside park at
Newell Beach (about 4km from
Mossman) and a little further north at
Wonga Beach there is
the Pinnacles caravan park (about 10-12km north of
Mossman). There's anther park in
Daintree and there bush camping is available from
Noah Beach across the
Daintree River on the
Cape Tribulation road. All of these are pretty good options but if you want to spend some quality time at the
Mossman Gorge then I'd recommend the park on the
Mossman River. Links provided where appropriate.
While there has been talk of establishing a camping area in the
Mossman Gorge precinct I don't believe that has happened yet.
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