Bloomfield Track QLD

Hi John,

There are no camping spots along the Bloomfield Track.
The track itself is only 30km long, stretching from Cape Tribulation to the aboriginal settlement of Wujal wujal.

The drive in ideal conditions takes around 1 hour although stops along the route may extend this time.

Have a look at the Bloomfiled Treknotes for more information.

There is camping facilities at Cape Tribulation villiage or Cooktown at either end, although I do vaguely recall a possible spot or two along the river, close to the Cooktown end.

Bill.

IMHO one of the nicest spots along the Cape Trib road (can't really call it a track anymore) is about 5km south of the junction with the Mulligan Highway near Cooktown.....nice cold beer, great people and you may get to meet a few of the eccentric locals as well...this place is The Lions Den. Room for a tent, a caravan, a camper or use one of their safari huts.

Agree with the Lions Den - lots of green open camp sites, shady trees, running creek, quiet, good amenities and a good beer.

Hi John,
We found a top spot to be Haley's Cabins and Camping. A few k's north of Wujal Wujal near Ayton. Good enough to revisit to on our return leg.

thanks a bunch guys. much appreciated.
John

This is going back to the late 70s so info might not be valid today:
We used to take a short track to the beach near the Ayton shop. If it was very windy (SE wind season) we would camp just behind the treeline at the beach. Otherwise we would drive a couple of K along the top of the beach to the mouth of Plantation Creek. Might not be good towing a trailer but you could still drive up for a look. We had the creek behind us for muddies and bait, and a little reef just offshore if you have a tinny. We caught barra on the runout tide by tossing out a fresh mullet on a 100lb handline. Didn't appreciate the finer points of rod and reel fishing in those days.
Things might be different now, beach access blocked off etc. Ask around at Ayton.
In those days it took two hours from Lions Den to Ayton before they put cement tracks down the steepest climbs. The coast road hadn't been built then, so we had to go the long way through Mt Carbine, Lakeland etc. All dirt too from Mt Molloy.