Thursday There was a light sprinkle of rain last night and it's still grey and overcast this morning. The forecast is for rain in Weipa. We pack up and leave around the usual time - 9am. Across the bridge at Archer River and along the dusty road to Coen. It is bitumen in a number of places now - I wonder how long before the whole development road will be done. We got stuck behind an erratic Prado driver who liked the idea of swerving across the whole road deli...

Wednesday We packed up and left at around 9am heading for Musgrave Roadhouse. Through some creek crossings although there wasn't much water. Mudduck saw a croc at Hann crossing but we missed it. We stopped at a lagoon for some photos as the scenery was lovely. We arrived at Musgrave around 12 and bought some fuel and souvenirs. We decided to push on to Archer River Roadhouse to get a head-start on tomorrow. The roads were very rutted so Martin and I are really ...

Tuesday We left Elim Beach at about 7.45am cause apple maps is saying today's trip will take about 6 hours. We travelled along a combination of gravel and bitumen roads via the Battlecamp road to Old Laura then New Laura. I saw a small croc in one of the creek crossings but missed the chance for a photo. We kept going to Kalpower Crossing for tonights camp and arrived just before midday. After lunch we took a walk down to the river (not too close for me) and too...

Monday After waiting for The Ducks canvas to dry a bit we left Lions Den and headed for Cooktown. The first stop was Black Mountain lookout along the road to Cooktown and then Grassy Nob lookout right in Cooktown. Martin had to stay with the car at Grassy Nob as there were no car parks at the top so he double parked. There were bricks set into the steps and landing that were 'sponsored' by families or business and had names or messages. Next was breakfast in Cook...

Sunday We set off around 8.30 stopping briefly for photos. We travel from Cairns to Daintree stopping for hot chocolate and pancakes (Martin had a burger) for breakfast. The scenery is breathtaking along the coast and we get the ferry across the river and continue along the Bloomfield Track. This is very tight and steep in places and definitely 4WD only. We stopped and looked at the falls at Wujil Wujil and continued on to the Lions Den. We had dinner at the h...