4x4 car rental in Cairns for Bloomfield Track

Second to that Bonz. The track should be renamed a road to reflect it's upgraded surface. There is a new crossing - in 2011 - of the Bloomfield River. Most of the creek crossings have been filled in and graded and all the steep hills are concreted. There is no challenge left and it certainly won't take two weeks to travel - more like a few hours from Emmagen Creek to the Bloomfield. Trouble is that Emmagen and one other creek might be a bit deep for small or medium car. Check out all the pix in places. The CREB is genuine 4WD and could still be closed this soon after the Wet and even if open its a greasetrap...... W

Woobadda Creek is the deep one. Check pix in the place link... W

The new bridge over the Bloomfield is not completed yet, will be soon, also if you check the Douglas Shire webpage it is stating that the Bloomfield track is only accessible by high clearance 4wd's, and the northern approach to Cowie Range is not concrete as the southern apprach is. I don't know where you got your info from Warrie, but mine is first hand.

Tony -- So now they are going to build a bridge!! The crossing in 2011 was newish then as it was not there in 2008 when we did it.It was well above the water level we had in September '11. The 2011 crossing was high in the middle but lower at the western end so the strong flow went there and had washed it out somewhat.
Also I would suspect that concreted sections are done so as they are steep. Leaving the less steep approaches as gravel. This may well apply to the Cowie Range. If you have a pic of the gravel section perhaps you could post it in Places.
As for Douglas Shire, on their web page the road report for Bloomfield Track is two months OUT of date being dated 16/03/2015. It refers to trees blown down by a cyclone and will be reopened for normal traffic - whatever that means - in a few days.
More usefully for the original poster the CREB is closed for 2 weeks from 11th May, so he has a week to go...... W

Wujal Wujal bridge opened in late 2014, the causeway is still there, but now unuse, except by the locals to fish from.

There is a new bridge further south on the climb up Cowie Range.
It is classified as 4WD so 2WD will not be insured, even though they may be able traverse the track without issue.

I drive the Bloomfield often, in wet conditions Cowie Range can be slippy and gets rutted.

Main closures are from tree falls after high winds or cyclones.

The CREB when dry is not a hard track, locals will drive the CREB and return via the Bloomfield in a day, although a night at the Lion's Den makes a great weekend.

Thanks TonyV. Give it a few more years and the Cowie Range will be concreted - maybe. My point being that as the years pass more and more upgrades to tracks/roads take place and sooner or later its just a 2WD road. With the new bridge the Bloomfield is nearly there.

I tried to do the CREB and Bloomfield in a day in 2011 starting at Daintree village. But the CREB was too slippery at the Daintree end but dry and dusty at the northern end. Pity as it would be a fun drive as a round trip. It's on the bucket list..... W