creb track

Hi
Can't comment on the Creb,but if it's closed and you are heading up from Cairns to Cooktown the coast road is a must. Allow a full day or even better two!
It is still 4wd but not real serious stuff(unless wet).
On your way stay at wonga beach or the lions den, see the "black mountain"
The coast dive is one of the highlights of our travel.
We have property in C'town and will drive it either up or down each time we go there.
Cheers Lyndon & Bernadette

Refer thread 54250 yesterday

Cheers

kevin

Hi

I think you need to live there to get a chance to do it.

I went up there in late November when the track was open, but all the locals and rangers were telling me not to do it.

Any rain there (and it rains there most of the time) turns the track into soup.

I'd recommend doing the Bloomfield track first as to get an idea of the conditions before doing the CREB track, else you could get stuck out there, or worse slide down an embankment and roll.

In the end I did the Bloomfield track and the northern (drier) side of the CREB track up to Roaring Meg Falls. Surprisingly the Bloomfield track was more challenging than the north side of the CREB track. In fact the Bloomfield track itself would be impassible if it weren't for the concrete slabs laid down on the slopes and the blue metal over the mud, as the mud is like grease - we got into plenty of 4 wheel slides.

For the record, we pulled a backpackers van out of the first creek crossing up from Cape Tribulation. The water was only ankle/knee deep but they managed to get stuck. I wouldn't recommend doing the bloomfield in anything without high clearance due to the water crossings.

As I mentioned, you'll be lucky to go there and find the CREB track open. This year it was open from about mid October till early January, but was not nessarily able to be done safely. From what I understand, plenty of people roll there 4wds on the track due to the track conditons - on the slopes if you touch your brakes you're gone.

Good luck, Will.

OLD RUMORS NEVER DIE

The Creb track is closed every year, for as long as WTMA want it to be closed. They open it up when they are certain it is dry enough. By August you may just be OK :-)