This
track is harder than any other four
wheel driving gets on Cape York,
... and if
challenge is what you want, and if the Old
Telegraph Track
was not hard enough for you,
... make sure you do not miss
the Old Coach
Road (it is more extreme,
and constantly so, than the pics will ever make it look like).
There are some water crossings,
... but mostly this track is
about crossing a high, steep moutnain range.
It goes
from Laura
to Maytown,
... which is the old
centre of Palmer
River Goldfields.
It is alright first but right after Jowalbinna in the northern end of the track,
... it
gets hilly and it turns into 4x4.
In the first part of the Old
Coach Road you are climbing up the
hill,
... along some fairly rugged ground.
Then you get up the hill and expect to descend,
... but it takes longer
than you think as the track keeps going up and down,
... but
you are still high up on the mountain range.
About half way you enter the Palmer River Goldfields
Reserve.
There are some great views,
... historical
sites,
... and the constant thinking ...
... of where to put your
wheels.
The Old
Coach Road is tricky
and definitely
not recommended for people with no four wheel drive experience
(but yes - apparently with a good enough driver can
be done in an old Pajero - we just tested ;-)
Full detail of this track (and all the others on the Peninsula) are in
the Destination
Guide.
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