Port Fairy to Cairns – best rout on asphalt – Accommodation
Submitted: Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 13:46
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plenehan
Leaving Jan3 2022 – looking for best track to take.
Two vehicles, 1 fully off-road/
grid caravan and one camper trailer,
Vehicle towing the camper is not 4 x 4 so asphalt preferred (KIA Sportage
Diesel GT) 5 Adults + 2 kids .
My concerns are finding locations to setup and weather (heat/flooding)
Thoughts so far is to get to
Cairns as fast as possible then take time after that.
Port Fairy ->
Echuca-> Dubbo->
Lightning Ridge->
Injune-> Charters Towers ->
Cairns
Maybe stay a day at
Lightning Ridge
Would I have to book to
camp or are there plenty of free sites.
Is there a better track? (if it takes longer that’s OK).
(If covid borders still closed we will have to wait until open also why I don’t want to book in advance)
Reply By: GarryR - Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 16:48
Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 16:48
Hi pleneham, not relating to your inquiry, you state you are from
Port Fairy Vic. Just wondering did you realize that
Port Fairy was renamed after the ship "Fairy" that bought many migrants to this country.
Port Fairy used to be named Belfast. Judy's family arrived at Belfast in the 1800's and then settled in a town now called
Burra S.A,
Sorry to hijack your inquiry, but many people do not realize the the name change, except some of us oldies and family connections. We also had much family settle there.
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Follow Up By: plenehan - Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 17:26
Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 17:26
Yes I grew up there, currently on the edge of Melb, will be staying in Port with family for a few weeks before making the trip, knew about Belfast but not the ship "Fairy" just read the history, very interesting, I'll have to
test mum at xmas time :)
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Follow Up By: GarryR - Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 18:16
Monday, Sep 27, 2021 at 18:16
Yep, we have the original sea chest that was floated ashore from the an early landing. Judy has many dollies etc from that era that we have offered to historical societies, but sadly they do not want them. We checked our history in
Burra, including family on the jail
plaque for civil disobiedience, but the old family blacksmiths
shop at Riverton S.A still exists as as a museum.
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Wednesday, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:27
Wednesday, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:27
Garry, another little bit of history, Belfast & Koriot Steamship Company sailed out of
Port Fairy way back, my grandfather was serving on one of the Company's ships, TSS Coramba when it was sunk of Cape Shank in 1934, with the loss of all hands.......
TSS Coramba
TSS Coramba
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Reply By: Hoyks - Saturday, Oct 02, 2021 at 19:41
Saturday, Oct 02, 2021 at 19:41
Ive done the north south north run more than a few times. That time of year the van parks aren't too busy as it can be diabolically hot and most travelers head south or stay at
home.
Ensure your vehicles cooling system is up to the job and carry some spare water. Once the sun goes down the temperature drops and the low humidity helps you sleep at night, once you're on the coast you will be looking for somewhere to plug in that aircon.
I'd avoid
Brisbane as the road works on the highway heading North are painful at the moment and joining the Bruce H/Way a long way north at either Rockhamption or
Townsville will save you several hours.
As said, you can get stuck at
Innisfail and
Tully with flooding, but you should get more than sufficient warning and be able to avoid it. A mate got stuck in
Broken Hill for christmas by flooding, so it can happen anywhere.
Heading North out of Charters Towers and into
Cairns via
Greenvale and
Atherton might be an option for you. The road is all tared, usually pretty good condition and doesn't get the rain they get on the coast, its just the last down
hill bit to Gordenvale or
Cairns that is a bit narrow and steep.
Try this route
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Follow Up By: Member - Warren H - Sunday, Oct 03, 2021 at 10:47
Sunday, Oct 03, 2021 at 10:47
A less steep route down to the coast is to join the Bruce Highway at
Innisfail, going
Ravenshoe to Milla Milla and then the Palmerston Highway.
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