Tommorrow the adventure starts for real.  I have dreamed of this trip for many years, read hundreds of articles on the trip to the Cape and counted the days until I could finally hit the dirt of the epic trip.

We picked up our camper trailer today for 14 days and head off tommorrow once everything is packed and the van is stored safely away.  We knew that the van wouldn’t fit threw the Old Telegraph Track and the thought of not being able to complete this section of the trip was unthinkable…so a camper trailer was the solution.

We leave Cairns and head for the Crebb Track tommorrow camping somewhere along the Creb Track.  From there it will be on to Cooktown and into the Lakefield National Park.  We plan to head through Cooktown and Lakefield NP fairly quickly as we will bring the van back to both these areas later.  We do however plan to get out to Bathurst Bay and Cape Melville on our way back from the Cape…time permitting.

Locals advise us that the Telegraph Track is the worst it has been for some years after a massive wet season.  Apparently the first creek crossing on the Telegraph Track has been completely washed away and is just one big drop off with cars dropping onto their bullbars and then requiring winching out…we will see…the challenge is definately to complete the Telegraph Track one way or another.  Going to the Cape after dreaming about the Telegraph Track for so long and missing out would be too hard to bare…we will succeed.  As my friend Mr Gadget would say “you have a winch, well use it!” …and that we will.

Stay tuned, this trip is going to be an adventure to remember.

Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia