Cape York et al. - August

[Keeper Member Find all posts View Profile Close Keeper]

Well folks, extremely excited and 3 more sleeps to go before we depart Alice for the beauty of the far north of QLD. I just want to hook up the camper and go!

Take off Sunday for an RV at Barkly Homestead to meet our Darwinite pals

I am hoping to keep you posted on the adventure so I can share the experience, particularly for those that will follow shortly after.

Car and camper are ready, had a great time doing stuff (dual batteries, diff breathers, new wheels & tyres) and have been loving ARB! (Sahara Bar, XDC winch, safari snorkel, compressor, tyre kit, recovery gear) I am looking forward to putting the Prado through its paces on the Bloomfield, Frenchmans, OTT & road to Vrylia.

Well I hope I remain diligent with updates..communicate soon fellow PP's.

I love this country!

Keeper

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Geeze, I'm getting excited for you. Hope its a great trip with lots of adventure and thrills, but no spills.

[wes Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wes]

would love to hear your trip report..we are going up this time next year...

[coatesy Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close coatesy]

We heading off up there on Monday from cairns. Have heard reports that the old telly track is pretty bad but will see next week I guess have a good trip

[Nema Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nema]

We left Melbourne on Friday Morning and arrived in Cairns on Sunday night. Just starting the preparations to leave Cairns on Wednesday morning for Cape trib then off to Elim and into Lakefield Nat Park then off to the teli graph track. I hope we catch some of you up here over the next 4 weeks.

Cheers,

Dave

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

hey guys if you can read this while away .DO NOT attempt NOLANS BROOK with a camper trailer. nolans apparently claims 30 -40 vehicles a year and it came sphincter puckeringly close to claiming mine without a trailer . its running at about 1.2mtrs deep and the bottom is EXTREMELY SOFT . i had to use ALL 180 killowatts to tractor my way out . i will post pictures of the top rail of my bullbar 2 inches underwater in a trip report . if i had my time again i would not have attempted it ie. water in car. oh yeah , my car went a whole lot of places that more serious vehicles had to winch out .

[Corigator Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Corigator]

Hi kav

Did you keep it far right heading North? We found this was much shallower in 08. The steeper entry track on that side paid dividends when you got to the water. The obvious route through the middle tended to float the cars.

Cheers
Greg

[leachy_9 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close leachy_9]

Last year 2 x defenders and a 200 series got flooded at Nolans Brook in the hrs before we arrived. Our group of three vehicles (us towing a camper) crossed with no issues at all using the line described by Corigator. Took the same line in the Sothern direction on the return trip and again had no problems.
Nolans Brook as a very sandy bottom that is constantly changing with the river currents so it is an absolute must to walk crossing and check out all the possible lines.

Leachy

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

yeah i took that line going south . the big problem is the bottom is the same as the stuff in the bottom of your fish tank and your pushing 1.2mtrs of water . the tyres start looking for something solid and you start going down even further. it was a crystal clear brook when i went in and a black swamp when i got out . the dashboard was lit up like a christmas tree , the doors had enough water in them that i could hear it sloshing around and my toes got wet .

[coatesy Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close coatesy]

I did it 2 days ago and yes stick to the far right going north. I was a foot off line and had to get pulled out, had it all set up before I went in and still got 3 inches of water in the car. All good though at loyalty beach now and having a fat time

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Damn it, I wanna go!

[StevoVX Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevoVX]

Heading up there in four weeks, looks like my travelling companions are going to have fun with their Jayco's.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Damn it, I wanna go!

I wanna go again!

Cheers Andrew

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Lol AJ.

I am sure I will be saying that about another location after April next year.

[sapradogxl Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close sapradogxl]

Rob,

You could be saying that about a different location in Sep/Oct if you were keen