Darwin - Cairns Via Gulf

If you have a boat you will have a ball,if not you can allways stand on the bar and fish at Roper,watch out for the croc's!! Butterfly Springs down near Nathan river is a great place to camp,nice swimming hole,pit dunny only(no croc's).
Lorrela Spring is a nice place to camp(30km to station from main road),good toilets and showers etc,you can throw a line in here without a boat also. If you take opera house pots with you and velvet soap,yep you heard correct,take a few bars, there are lots of Red Claw to be caught. This might be fun for your son?.
If you have time you really should go to Lawn Hill as it is very very pretty.
Undarra Lava tubes are well worth a visit, near Mt Suprise.
If you haven't guessed we love the Gulf!. River crossing on the Roper to B'loola road will be easy in July(what are you driving?).
Avoid pension day in B'loola, not something i would want any kid of mine seeing,very sad.
Cheers Lyndon

Hi Glen,
The road from Burketown to Normanton should be quite good at that time of year, the road is sealed from Normanton to Cairns
Some realy good free camping spots are around Gregory River, just behind the Pub (there are other spots in that area also) have camped at the Leichardt river crossing, great place to see in the wet, another one is at Einasliegh River about 1km from the pub, Archer River just outside Ravenshoe.
Cheers
Richo

Thanks for the tips boys. Not towing a boat ( Mores the pity, love me fishing and dont really want to leave Darwin but duty calls ) , I am towing my quad bike across on a trailer, hoping to have a bit of a play. My intended stops are Daly waters, Borroloola, Hells Gate, Normanton, Mt Suprise and then on to cairns. If I find a camp near a creek crossing I hope to spend a day or 2 having a flick for some swampy barra. Hope to Leave on the 13 Jul and arrive on the 21/ 22nd Jul. Could you reccommend any such camp spots that allow dogs on my intended route. Also hope to do a bit of shooting on the way across if the opportunity presents itself.

Glen

Hi Glen,

Get a handle on fuel prices before you go. For example, when we were at Borroloola fuel was far cheaper there than at Cape Crawford.

As a fisherman you may like to experience the fishing fraternity at Kuarumba Pt. Quite an eye opener for people like us who only fly-fish.

Enjoy the trip.