Tuesday, Aug 14, 2012 at 18:23
We just got back from CY last week to
Newcastle and its going to be heaps faster going up the inland way through
Roma,
Emerald, Charters Towers etc ( good
free camp site at Fletcher Creek 30kms north of Charters Towers with heaps of nomads).
We came
home the coast way and would have been stopped by road works at least 20 times with lights or stop and go people from
Cairns to Brissy. This was very trying as when people get bunched up together it slows proceedings down and brings out the idiots in some people and we saw some very ordinary and dangerous driving.
The inland way we had the cruise control on most of the day at 95kph.
In saying all that the Qld coastal strip has a lot to offer and if you can take your time coming back from the tip coastal Qld is fantastic.
We had the best time up at CY and really can't wait to go back, I can now see why so many of us love the place so much with the 4WDriving and fishing and scenery and not enough time. We had 3 weeks from
Cooktown up and back to
Atherton and needed an extra week to enjoy more fishing time.
If you do Nolans let your tyres down to around 12 psi as most people this year are losing traction in the softish sand and then sitting in the water for a while (not good for the electrics).
Some things to see and do are;
* driving on the beach at low tide a few kms north of
Punsand Bay.
*
Fruit Bat Falls is a must see.
*Sunset from the top of the
hill at the tip itself.
*Viriliya Point.
*Drive 5 kms down the beach from
Chili beach to Chili Creek to see the big one eyed Croc.
*the
beach drive from
Cullen Point down to Janie Creek.
And everywhere else up there too.
Cheers
Mal
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