Cape York Road Conditions - Video
Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 17:13
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Member - OzGazza (VIC)
Here a couple of snippets from our Trip to the Tip in July 200
Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:23
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:23
Hi Gaz
Great video editing and great music. You have done a great job.
Cheers
Stephen
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Reply By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:25
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:25
Gooday Gaz,
looks like the cape is as bad as George St
Sydney, or
St Kilda Rd in
Melbourne... lol... (: You should have put your hand out for a toll, you would have made a mint... lol...
regards
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Follow Up By: Member - OzGazza (VIC) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:43
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:43
Yeah got busy in
places - The video probably shows it at its worst. Sometimes we went an hour without seeing anyone.
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Reply By: Ian & Sue - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:31
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:31
Great video - you have just given me an excuse to go and grab a cuppa and a bikkie so that I can watch them again!
Question - on the main track up
Cape York how far do people tow their vans? I am not talking your top of the range Kedrons, Bushtrackers and the like - I am talking more your off highway, dirt roaders with higher clearance? Eg. the Coromal Pioneer Corvair poptops, Jayco off roaders etc.
Cheers
Sue
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Follow Up By: Member - OzGazza (VIC) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:41
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 18:41
We saw vans left at
Moreton Telegraph Station. Which is pretty close (relatively speaking) to the tip. You could leave a van there and travel to
Bamaga (Stay the night) go to the tip and back to
Bamaga then back to Moreton TS the following day. Although I don't think I would take a half decent van that far. I'd leave my van in
Cairns or
Cook town and travel with tent to the tip. But I have to say ta camper trailer or off road van would be the best.
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Reply By:- Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 19:38
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 19:38
G'day gaz,
Did you tackle the OTL at all, and if so do you have any video or trip reports for that section?
Nice editing by the way!
Regards
Evan
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Follow Up By: Member - OzGazza (VIC) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 22:31
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 22:31
Thanks Evan,
No we didn't have time to do the OTL - met guys who did - no reports of any trouble.
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Reply By: Member - Richard C (ACT) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 20:50
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 20:50
Great video.
The roads shown looked fairly good - was that typical?
So it would be OK to take an offroad caravan all the way then but reckon your advice of leaving it as you said would be best.
Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - OzGazza (VIC) - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 22:33
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 22:33
I would take a good off road van up there no probs. But I wouldn't take a normal van or one that was just a raised normal van called "off road". We have a Aussie Swag Camper trailer which is made for stuff worse than this trip. (For sale BTW).
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Reply By: Busy Bee - Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 23:53
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 23:53
Just as I remember it from around the same time last year - convoys of camper trailers.
Bet the road doesn't look like that right now.
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