How Much Water do people take when heading to the Cape?
Submitted: Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:18
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RobMac (QLD_Member)
Hey all,
We're planning a Trip to the Cape this year and visiting some off the normal road tracks (ie
Cape Melville; Old Coad rd -
Maytown, etc) and we will have 5wks to do it up & back. We have a 150's Prado with 5 of us (3 small kids). Room will be a premium and was wondering if 50ltrs would be enough? I was thinking that water availability up that way shouldn't really an issue. I haven't been up there since '87 so tha memory is a little cloudy... Any advice would be much appreciated.....
On previous desert trips we took 70+ltrs but could make use of the extra room by only bringing 50ltrs.....
Rob
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Reply By: cookie1 - Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 14:53
Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 14:53
When we went in 2009 frm memory, we took 60L of
Adelaide tap water but only used about 20L in the Cape (we used 20L crossing the Simpson and topping that container up at the
Birdsville Shell for washing only), we carried 2 x 15L Sping Water for drinking and cooking and replaced the spent one at Seisa
Supermarket before we headed back down.
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Reply By: Tony F8 - Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 17:22
Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 17:22
Hi Robmac,
Water from the likes of Dulhunty, Sam and Cockatoo creeks would pose you know health risks, how do I know this you might ask, spent a little bit of time once with some cane farmers from the Burdekin, who happened to do some water sampling, the result was less impurities than
Brisbane tap water. Make up your own mind on
Brisbane tap water.
Cheers.
Tony F8.
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Reply By: brendan l4 - Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 17:42
Friday, Apr 18, 2014 at 17:42
When are you planning on going?..if you go early in the season there will be plenty of water in the fresh streams. If not all the towns/roadhouses have good water supplies to refill at.
Hann river, musgrave,
coen, archer,
weipa all have good water. Then right up the top around
bamaga and seisa will have plenty of water. I am from
cairns and i am up the cape all the time for work/ holidays and water is never a problem. I usually refill
drinking water at towns and roadhouses then use the creeks to clean.
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