Hi there, I was hoping Rob from
Cairns Offroad could help me - although anyone else can chip in of course....
Rob, I have tried to find your email via your website, but got stuck, can you email me direct on, or reply here with some tips:
XXXlizdaveXXspace.net.au (minus the XXXs), if possible.
We are hoping to meet you, when we get to
Cairns in about 6 weeks or so, but would love some ideas now to think ahead about -
Can we store stuff in
Cairns or somewhere out of
Cooktown? maybe a member could offer to have a few bags of gear for us? We want to unload a lot of our regular stuff to go to
Cape York (for example, we travel with several crates of kids books...)
What would a tag along cost - is is possible to taglong and do your own food, or does that complicate things? We are looking for company to travel with.
Is it unrealistic to plan to spend three weeks going up to the Cape and three weeks back? Travelling with the kids we often don't manage to move on very far each day - or should we plan to move on each day on the CY trip?
If we are stretching out our trip over 4-6 weeks there and back, do we need to carry ALL supplies, or can we top up water and fuel, presumably, as long as we have all food, spares and safety gear?
The good old question of when: is leaving early July going to be OK - creeks still a bit wet? Muddy? Or dried out by then.
finally - crocodiles, I am quite nervous about this. All the pics show beautiful campsites by rivers etc, as
well as saying "keep clear of rivers" - with small kids, I am concerned about camping safely.
Rob and others, you always offer such helpful ideas, I'd welcome any
feedback.
Cheers,
Liz, Dave and 4 kids.