Captain Billy’s Landing to Cooktown (written 24 August)

On Wednesday morning we left Captain Billy’s Landing heading for Archer River Roadhouse where we stopped for the night.  Of all the places we stopped, this was the least pleasant – I certainly wouldn’t recommend it to anyone heading that way.  I was awoken during the night by the camper shaking, and we were told the next morning that a number of cars had been rifled.  The shaking I’d felt was someone trying to help themselves to one of our fridges which was outside the camper – thankfully secured to the camper with a length of stainless steel wire.

   

On Thursday morning, we set off again heading for Musgrave Oldraph Station.  What a contrast to Archer River!  And it was so nice to be camping on green grass again!

On Friday morning we packed up camp in record time and were on the road again only 2 hours after we woke up!  We took the road through Lakefield National Park to Old Laura, where we stopped for a coffee so that Ann and Bob could have a look around, having missed it on the way north.  

We reached our caravan park at Endeavour Falls, just north of Cooktown, in the early afternoon.  Unfortunately, being 25kms north of Cooktown, there was no signal, so I won’t be able to update my blog till we reach Tinaroo Falls on Monday.

Ann and Bob spent Saturday exploring Cooktown, while Ken John and I tried, again unsuccessfully, to catch dinner!  We then spent Sunday looking for the coloured sand at Elim Beach, which were spectacular, but I’m not sure it was worth the drive, as we could only see them from a distance.