Late Cape trip
Submitted: Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:03
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Rob from Cairns Offroad Training & Tours
Just returned from a late trip to the Cape. Took 6 tourists up over 6 days plus 2 days at the top. Pretty hot and dry with lots of fires thru Lakefield but It was so good to go to
Indian Head and
Fruit Bat Falls and the Stations and be the only people there. Hardly saw any cars on the road. Had a great group and it was a fantastic trip. They flew out on Friday from Horn Island and I drove home with a local
Seisia fisherman to
Cairns on Saturday in 12 hours in a petrol 100 Series. Cheers Rob
Reply By: Well 55 - Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:11
Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:11
12 hours? you sound like one of those drivers you just hate to meet head on.
Fair Dinkum you really were pushing it.
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Follow Up By: Rob from Cairns Offroad Training & Tours - Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:42
Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:42
I slow down for every oncoming vehicle regardless of size so they don't break my windscreen. As I said there was virtually zero traffic. Cheers Rob
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Follow Up By: Well 55 - Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:53
Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 13:53
The lack of vehicles would help, and I guess you know the road as
well.
I could do
Weipa to
Cairns and return in 11 hrs each way and that was early in the season when the roads were freshly graded, but the creeks all had
water in them and there was allways the first lot of vehicles heading up. I had a V8 Crusier then.
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Reply By: Rob from Cairns Offroad Training & Tours - Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 14:24
Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 14:24
No
water anywhere, there had been light rain over night so little dust the road was mostly good, rough in patches of course, Bypas roads all the way and 2 drivers only one fuel stop we just kept on going and were both surprised at the overall time. Cheers Rob
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Follow Up By: Member - Poppy (QLD) - Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 18:34
Monday, Nov 07, 2005 at 18:34
Hi Rob
Returned 3 weeks ago from
Mapoon and the road was rough as guts compared to 2 weeks earlier
Corrugations and huge bulldust holes, even saw a Telstra ute that had run up the back of a camper trailer in the bulldust just south of
Laura, not a pretty site.
What do you think of the bitumen work going on? Got told by Road Tek worker that the road to
Weipa will be sealed by 2010
Cheers Poppy
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