Mitchel Plataeu - Track opening time

" Honeymoon Bay campground when Les Foster managed the place, "
That was Lesley French. :) We enjoyed some great chats with Les.
ps... that is NOT a beer in his hand.

This is one of Les's grand chldren in 2006. Not sure if he is the one running Honeymoon now. Might still be a bit too young?


We visited Kalumburu for 6-8 weeks each year from 2005 to 2008 inclusive.
We were never there before June (although it may have been possible) and we have never been into Bell Gorge to this day because it was never open when we were there.
I have seen caravans at Honeymoon and a Coaster at McGowan Island Beach on one occasion.

There are other tracks out from Kalumburu, but apart from Pago Pago, you will need local approval and that may be difficult to get. We have been fortunate to see some.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the correction. Les’s grandson was quite white, he was a budding actor, only about 18 or 20 years old at the time, but was having difficulty getting rolls as an aboriginal owing to his very light skin colouring.

Les was a great bloke, he came around every day for a chat. We stayed for several days, and had a great time. Didn’t catch any fish from the beach, we didn’t have a boat, so was a bit disappointing on that front. Although one of the other campers, a fellow Victorian came back with a couple of Mulloway which he shared with us. They were quite large, and we had fish for quite a few days. We also went out crabbing with him and scored a few good size “muddies”.

Macca.

I think I might recall that bloke. There were a bunch of grandchildren.
We took a boat in 2006 and again in 2008. Would not go there to fish without one. The fishing was spectacular once you learned a bit about the water.

We also did some local touring by water in 2008. Including up into the Drysdale River from the mouth.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Thanks Macca

Appreciate the feed back.

Regards

Lyndon

Hi Peter

Thanks for the info. What sized boat did you take out there with you to head out to the Islands and up the Drysdale?

Cheers

Lyndon

It was a 4.2m MAC (rotomoulded plastic) with a 70hp outboard.
We towed it due west from Brisbane to Marble Bar.

It was my son's. He visited so we had to let him catch a couple of fish :)

We had done some exploring in a 12ft tinny with 15hp outboard, but the MAC gave us more security and range. We were actually equipped to do overnights in the MAC, but did not need to.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Yes Tony H I seen that somewhere as well. Same boat as you can't remember where, but your correct

I posted it FB post here on traveller. It would be best to contact one of the fishing camps .

Klumbaru close to tourists

Sent a message to McGowen Island fishing camp reply was kalumburu was closed to tourists so one would presume the camps aswell.. did ask for confirmation... waiting... all on the kalumburu lease all closed update

Thanks guys.

Fortunately we are not looking at going until next year.

Cheers

Lyndon