Hi all, this morning we woke up to get ready to cross the Jardine river on the ferry. Let me just explain the ferry. It is a platform that is linked to both sides of the river by a heavy steel cable. the ferry can handle 6 Landcruisers 2 abreast. Cost was $99 per car. We got on at 8.30am. Once on the other side of the river we were in Aboriginal protected land. The $99 we paid included a permit. To camp on aboriginal sites. We drove through a small town called Bamaga before settling into the park at Seisa which is the most northern town in the Cape Pensinsula. Another 50km or more and we will reach the tip of Australia. We unpacked and after lunch went to one of the islands, about 500metres ... read more

Hi all, today Sunday 24th May, we are leaving Weipa before 10am (check out time) and driving back out to the Cape Development road and to Bramwell station which is basically a fuel and food stop. It is also the formal start to the Old Telegraph Track known as the OTL. We took a couple of photos at the entrance to the track and headed into the track. About 5 km in we reached our first obstacle. Palm creek had a nearly vertical entrance (looked vertical to me but probably wasn't) and this also had a very steep exit which was winch up only. No cars are able to get up without a winch. I decided to not attempt this. Tonina and Lisa were with me. Matthew was brave enough to attempt and was successful. Very ... read more

Cape York Friday 22nd May Today started with some fishing again. My grandson Cohen caught a beautiful salmon. The one and only for the trip so far. Very proud boy he was. Mid morning, Xavier and Tracey went out on the little tinny we have and the rest went exploring the coast with the four wheel drives. We were in walkie talkie communication with Tracey. She ended up catching 2 mackerel and Xavier caught none. While he was fishing we ended up finding a secluded camp spot that had a set of swings and tables and chairs made of the timber surrounds. Also found a washed up fishing net floater the size of my car. Matthew dragged it behind his ute back to our camp. With this being our third full day my batteries are starting ... read more

Hi all. It has been a few days since the last blog as we have been so remote there has been no service. I will now be posting four blogs, one for each day Since Wednesday. This blog is for Wednesday 20th. Cape york Wednesday 20th May Pennefather beach Today started off an easy day. We woke up as the sun was rising. Started packing the cars and also had one last real shower before going bush. We left the Weipa caravan park at around 9am. We drove to the local Woolies supermarket to re stock and then filled up with fuel. We left Weipa at around 10am. To get to the beach camp we were looking for we needed to drive through a couple of mine leases. These are roads you can use but they ... read more

Hi again, this blog is about the trip from Morehead river to Weipa. The night turned out to be very cold and Tonina took my blanket and kept it to herself. what a laugh. We ended up sharing. We did not take too much blankets as it is going to be hot. The day started simple enough with a beautiful morning with a fire and a cool breakfast. We packed up with no hurry as we only had 400km to travel today. Well was not that simple was it. Saver's car would not start. It appears that the main battery was not protected from the fridge drain and the fridge drained the battery. After some ingenious activity we started his car With NO jumper leads. I packed everything but jumper leads. Off we went to the ... read more