Did the Cape in 1980 and Now Revisiting

by Frank Abbott
(Australia)

My wife Trish, and I travelled up the cape in 1980.

Very different to today (no PDR).

When we reached the tip the track ended at the present "car park" and the only person we saw was an ex British policeman camping in a white ridge tent on pallets.

He was guarding the site of the 'proposed' resort!

We are currently at Bamaga revisiting the Cape.

We have been in FNQ a few times but were put off going further by the volume of travellers.

We are pleased we finally came up. We travelled the TL track as much as we could.

We have found everything very different, more developed of course, but it is still a great place and we have still been able to find places to camp up with beautiful views.

I see much of the old track is over grown. We would love to make our way along the old track but presume that apart from the re growth and washouts the land s now 'out of bounds' in many places.

Also read about the CREB road. It was a maintenance track when we slid our way through in 80.

We had to camp on the track were we could. No camp areas and it wasn't a day drive!

Still that's progress.

Enjoyed your site.

Thanks.

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