cape york trip

We recently crossed the Simpson with some Swiss friends who rented a very well equipped Troopy with roof top tent from Travel Car Centre, 1800 440 300, www.travelcar.com.au

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

https://www.captainbilly4wdhire.com.au/

or Britz.

Captain Billy was reasonable and will also hire trailers.

As much as I hate their marketing, the attitude of Wicked Campers to their hire vehicles was interesting. I hired an older Patrol from Cairns to go to Coen to rescue our camper trailer that someone had broken. It was a bit old, probably a bit dodgy but the attitude was as long as you bring it back with enough fuel to drive in we're happy. That was 3 years ago - perhaps they have gone more upmarket now.

There are quite a few places that hire cars out. Be very very very very careful - check all the reviews of the company (some may be fake) as well as the terms & conditions (you have no hope of getting your bond back with some - something that shows up in the reviews as well as in at least one recent ExplorOz forum post).

You may also need to be a bit more specific about where you want to go at Cape York - we did it about 20 years ago and back then you could have got almost all the way to the top in a Commodore - there was only one or two creeks that were an issue. The road has probably got better since then.

My memory is that the interesting bits were off to the side - so perhaps think about which side trips you want to do then check with the hire car company to make sure you will be allowed there (some have lots of restrictions because other travellers don't know what they are doing).

Hi folks
Thank you for the information you have supplied . i will conntact the two places in Cairns for costings and bookings
Thank you asll
Ray