Cairns to Cooktown.

Finally heading north again, picked up an extra passenger,  to share fuel & experience with. Didn't get very far, after a clean out and reorganise at Cairns I decided to ditch a few more things at Port Douglas Self

Daintree National Park

Storage (insert link here lol), and the nice owner recommended a nice free camp half hour drive called Rifle Creek near Mt Molloy. It was a good spot for us as it was late in the day, lots of space and lots of people, a fire is ok but wood is scarce. Cold showers, toilets, untreated water, but it is very noisy as it is right on the main highway going north  & it's Cane season. Found a fruit stall at the top of the range  (Port Douglas to Mt Molloy road ), bananas, fruit veges, & even dried bananas & mangoes made on the farm, perfect for long term storage.I will eat them to ward off scurvy when my fresh fruit runs out,lol 

Mossman George

Free Camp in the Bush

Drove towards Mossman Gorge, we didn't want to pay for the bus so we walked the road up to the gorge about 2km, better than $9 per person, once at the top of the road it's a nice 3km circuit, finishing with a swim in the beautiful Mossman River, deep clean & cold, saw some locals swimming the rapids so me & James gave it a go, was awesome. We spent most the day there then headed towards Daintree River and Cape Tribulation, unable to find a suitable free camp we took the ferry across the Daintree river, it was very late in the day but found a small track leading into the rain forest and a nice river, as the sun set we thought this would be perfect, and free. It was quiet, nice grass and lots of trees, facilities were just running water, perfect spot. 

Cape Tribulation Lookout

Had a quick look at Cape Tribulation in the morning, then hit the Bloomfield Track, which started with a good creek crossing, several creek crossings later and a lot of very steep hills we came to Bloomfield, turn left and came to a awesome waterfall called Bloomfield Falls-Wajul Wajul, where we bumped into one of our travel buddy's in their Mitsy Pajero, So now we got the Mitsy Club going LOL. with no coverage it's had to keep in touch.

Bloomfield Falls-Wajul Wajul

Wajul Wajul Falls- my outdoor shower

On to The Lions Den Pub to catch the final state of origin game, James had been wearing his blues shirt for awhile,must be time he washed it. Booked a camp, first pay one at $12 a head, nice waterfront site with sandy river to swim in, good food and pub facilities, pay laundry and reasonable bathroom, showers etc. 

We got set up early enough to start the fire & cook a hearty lamb roast in the camp oven, it was so big that I could barely fit any veges in. It was fun watching the Marones win in a packed north Queensland country pub. James was trying to keep his head low towards the end of the game lol. North again, driving the two Misty's to Cooktown to refuel & get any other supplies, (beer for James),

And we even found free WiFi at the library next to IGA. 

Black mountain

        They tell me the tarseal runs out at Cooktown, finally our journey has begun.