elim beach/eddys place
Submitted: Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:34
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young nomads
just looking for a bit of advice we are in
cooktown and are thinking of going out to eddys place. only we dont know wether to take the tent or our van.our van is a coramal 535 seka and we are towing with a 4.3l nissan patrol we are just not sure what the road is like so some advice from someone who has been there lately would be great.
Reply By: Member - Scott H (QLD) - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 13:39
Reply By: paulnkattie - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:08
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:08
Hey there,
We were at Eddy's place about 3 weeks ago. It is like a highway out too there now, a good gravel road all the way from Hopevale to the campground. You would have no trouble at all with the van. The last
hill down to
the beach is no longer an obstacle, it is now gravel. The road did get a bit slippery in a few
places straight after a heavy downpour, nothing to worry about though.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Paul.
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Reply By: friar - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:01
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:01
Just curious ,what is the fishing like out at elim beach, any creeks you can get to by sea in a small tinny, fished
bathurst bay ,
bathurst headland,always good to go somewhere differant, also would it be more accesable early in the year then the above
places, thanking you Friar.
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Follow Up By: paulnkattie - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 21:45
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 21:45
If the wind is blowing anymore than about 15 knots from any direction your pretty
well buggered. There is a couple of small creeks up and down the coast that fish
well, as
well as
Cape Bedford. Also there are reef patches and a old wreck that are real handy. All these spots are dependent on weather/wind. You can certainly have fun out of the wind on the sandflats chasing some good size trevally in most weather conditions. There are plenty of muddies to chase up towards
Cape Bedford. Access would be alot easier earlier in the year, road conditions would be alot friendlier.
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Reply By: young nomads - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 17:32
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 17:32
thanks guys, still can't believe how friendly people on this site are and friar i will let you know how the fishing goes, but so far at
cooktown it hasnt been great. Hopefully the fishing gods will smile on me. Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Josh (TAS) - Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 22:04
Friday, Nov 12, 2010 at 22:04
if you ask really nice Eddy might take you out mud crabbing with spears. He was going to take us out but we had to bail and go back to
Cook town for repairs. He showed us some spears he was making for the
Adelaide museum. Very interesting guy to talk to.
Josh
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