Jacob helping Daddy

Palmer River Roadhouse to Chillagoe

Another very hot day! We were packed up and gone from Palmer River Roadhouse by 8.50am, an easy day ahead for us. Drove to Mareeba where we purchased supplies and refuelled then headed for Chillagoe. Stopped at Dimbulah for lunch at the ‘Funky Mango’. Didn’t expect much but the food turned out to be delicious…

Portland Road

Chilli Beach to Old Coach Road via Archer River Roadhouse

John & Lorna met us at our campsite at Chilli Beach then we all drove up to Portland Roads where we had a lovely lunch on a verandah overlooking the water and we think we saw a crocodile in the water (probably wasn’t). We then headed back to Archer River Roadhouse for the night and…

Weipa to Chilli Beach via the Frenchmans Track

[wowslider id=”12″]We left Weipa via Batavia Downs to the Peninsular Development Road, north for 2km then turned onto the Frenchmans track which disappointingly provided no challenges. The next time we come to the Cape it will have to be a lot earlier in the season so the tracks will provide some challenges. John & Lorna…

John with Bramwell stations pet Cockatoo

Musgrave Roadhouse to Bramwell Station

An easy and uneventful day today.  We headed to Bramwell Station with our new recruits via the PDR (Peninsular Development Road).  Bramwell Station has three areas of business, a cattle station, the tourist industry – camping, bar and restaurant and a little roadhouse down the road called Bramwell Junction, and they look after the roads…