Creb or Bloomfield Tracks

Mate..settle down..dismiss the crap big stories you have heard and have a nice easy drive. Unless its been raining ...its a lazy arvo drive.

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The Bloomfield is half tar and have dirt road. A couple of major creeks have bridges over them ans so has the Bloomfield River, its now designated an all year round road for 4WD's, it may get closed should there be a Cyclone (trees down) or excessive rain. Cowie Point is the worst section which is steep and can get slippy.

The CREB should be open by June this year, if it rains with in a week of when you want to drive it... don't.
It is not a hard drive, but as you said you have limited experience it would be good to tag along with someone, just in case.

Your vehicle and set up will be fine for the CREB in the dry.

Good luck

We did the Bloomfield track in 2007 with a 4.2TD patrol and an Aussie swag camper, no problems at all, great experience.
We will be going to the cape this year again with a LC 200 and a new age 17 series off roader. Will leave van at Bramwell junction and do the OTL to Elliot falls, tenting for a couple of days , then will go back and bring up up to Elliot falls on the southern bypass, stay for another few days while we drive up and back to Nolans and explore the area, then tow the van on the northern bypass to the tip.
Our LC 200 is stock standard, just changed tyres to BF Googrich AT's.
Just drive carefully and watch out for the travellers who are on very short time frames and travell like idiots.
I want to take our van up the Bloomfield track but the misses is not to happy about it. Will make a decision when we get there. Will also check the creb track, don't know much about this one.
Have a great time, Hugh

We'll probably have a crack at one of them then. I would lime to know which is the more scenic way. I would like to have some nice view points along the way.

Bloomfield is a doddle when dry, I reckon you could do it in a 2WD.

I haven't done the CREB, and personally I wouldn't be keen to try it on my own, especially without a winch. Having said that, from all reports if it is good and dry then it shouldn't be too bad.

Good luck whatever you choose to do. Beautiful part of the world.

We have a 4.2 TD 2005 Nissan Patrol, with Mickey Thompson MTZs. We did this in September 2013 - Bloomfield Track from Cooktown (just be careful on the bends, as the locals come zooming along and like their road). We saw a few 2wd vehicles on this road. I don't believe it's worthy of the term 'track'. We did the CREB on the way back to Cooktown. You have the option to take the easy way out to the right if you are heading north, and therefore miss the exciting bits. We had a winch (no lockers) and didn't use it. However it was pretty dry. The biggest challenge was Big Red, we 'walked' very slowly down this one (I can email you a pic if you wish - kym111@bigpond.net.au). Once you're over Big Red, you're pretty much half way, and it's a walk in the park from there.
We took our Sunland off-roader van to Weipa and left it in storage at the caravan park, then tented the Cape from there, for a week. Go via Eddy's Camp at Hopevale, it's a beautiful spot! Another great spot is Chilli Beach on the east coast of the Cape.
Cheers, and good luck! It's a great way to see Australia!
Regards
Kym