Planning a trip to Cape York

G'day guys,

We had a great time on our trip, and on our web page put a couple of things that may interest you:

- daily log
- slideshow to music (put together by Sandy - also a member on this site - don't miss this one)
- track files for OziExplorer
- fuel consumption for various vehicles
- Recommendations for our next trip - cos you can't just go the once ;-)

You should get something out of it..

http://ivan.wys.com.au/photos/CapeYork/default.htm

Try this mob for an answer to some of your queries :))
http://www.capeyorkinfo.org

..And have a great time.

hi,
if you do a search of this site putting in 'cape york' you will find heaps of info for your trip. have a great time, i did.

regards peter

Hi Guys, I wouldn't recommend taking any sort of trailer thru the Old Coach Road possibly one of the tuffest thru roads in Oz if you do it all properly. We used to go thru there twice a year on trail bikes with HJ75 backup almost always found broken down vehicles in there. Great track but pretty rough We used to drive in and Camp on the Palmer river at Maytown then ride to Laura for lunch and back to Maytown that afternoon. You could drive to Laura with your campers then leave them there and go have a look, only about 80 k back to Maytown from memory. Cheers,
Rob Berrill
Cert IV Instructor\Assessor
Accredited instructor cars\motorcycles\4wds
http://www.cairnsoffroad.com.au
http://www.aussieat.net
http://aussieadtours.blogspot.com/

Hi

We are also planning our trip to Cape York, we will be leaving
Melbourne on 8th August 2008, towing our camper trailer, we
are meeting up with our friends at Broken Hill, they are coming
from S.A. if you are travelling around the same time we might
be able to meet along the way, enjoy and safe travels.

We did the cape a couple of years ago. I can totally recommend the Ron and Viv Moon Book. I'm not sure which is the latest edition, however it really did help us to make judgement calls.

We had a great time with a bunch of friends travelling in May-June. Our trek had the following
Jackeroo - towing a KK
Patrol GU - towing camper
Patrol ST diesel - towing camper
2 X Patrol GQ

We always had one GQ in front of the Jackeroo which had trouble a couple of times with traction. Not really much of an issue when we pulled them out with a snatch strap. Other than that - pretty easy really!

We really enjoyed the Horn Island/Thursday Island tour as well... it was a nice change from the corrugations on the bypass roads. BTW we went up on the OTL and came back via the bypass road. Make sure you stop for a hamburger at the Archer River Roadhouse!

Enjoy yourselves and watch out for those dips!