Cape York

just to give you a time reference, we drove from pennefeather river stopped at weipa for atleast an hour and camped the night at cooks hut (didn't quite get to chilli beach) in 1 day and then when we left we got from chilli beach to musgrave station (looked at the old gold mine ruins on the way out and stopped at archer river for a famous burger for lunch) on the way home in 1 day. the road out to chilli beach has alot of small creek crossings which slow you down alot, you just get up to speed and then have to go back to first or second gear again to go through another creek crossing. we spent a couple of nights camped at chilli beach, is a very nice spot to kill off a few days relaxing. if you don't look like making it to chilli beach in 1 day then there are a couple of campgrounds to stop at along the road out there (cooks hut was one of them), nothing spectacular, but a safe place to stop for the night. it's well worth the drive out to chilli beach.

Thanks for the feedback - we weren't sure how many days to allow for this section of the trip. Will definitely add your suggestions to our itinerary. Cheers

I've driven from Weipa to Chilli Beach on the French track in a day...easily. The day included getting bogged in a clay creek bed.