G’day, all
Saying goodbye to Musgrave we debated over travelling back through Lakefield National Park or head towards Lakefield (township) and Laura along the highway. The highway won in the end, but I still have unfinished business in Lakefield National Park. The plan is to tow the Kedron that way at a later date…we will see Cape Melville, Princes Charlotte Bay and Bathurst Bay yet!
So onto the highway we went and the corrugations became even worse with the road now very uneven in parts. It was a rough ride to Lakefield and equally bad to Laura until we started hitting big stretches of bitumen…finally some relief from the corrugations.
Arriving at Lakefield we took the opportunity to eat some lunch planning to get to Ayton by late afternoon and hit the Crebb Track to find a camping spot. Onto Laura and turning left along the highway to Cairns…oh no storms brewing on the horizon. We pushed on and were almost at Ayton when the heavens opened and dumped huge amounts of rain all over the ranges and quite likely Crebb Track. For those who know the Crebb Track, 10mm will make the track impassable and dangerous. We checked the forecast and the next day was more rain. Damn, damn, damn, it was really too dangerous with trailer in tow to give the track a go, xxxx, xxxx!! We simply could not risk damage to the car and more importantly trailer from being stupid.
What next…the bubble had burst and we were over making up a couple of days tracking over ground we had already seen, so off to Cairns we went with the thought of a nice comfortable bed, warm shower and playground for the kids. We turned the truck in that direction and were back in Cairns at 5:00pm. We quickly found a site, setup camp and went out for dinner, thinking of the cleanup on the cards for tomorrow. Time to savour a beer and the moment.
The trip to the Cape had ended and the Crebb Track is yet to be conquered but we will be back up that way before we leave the Cairns region. The Cape York trip had been a massive adventure for all the family and a big thumbs u part of the trip. We all agreed we didn’t know what to expect and even the expectations we had were vastly different to what we experienced. All we knew was that the Cape had won us over due to its natural beauty, 4WD challenges and the memory of the adventure we had experienced as a family and will always hold close to our hearts.
Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia