This morning we rose to Grandad scratching on the tent
arousing Mav's attention. He thought that was pretty cool.....in reality Mav
would have woken them at 5am when he started stirring.....
Given the late entry last night we really couldn't see
much of the park, so we went around for a look and was quite impressed. The
camp kitchen was on par with the best we have seen and the pool area/gardens
were immaculate. It is a pity we are only here for one night as we could easily
settle in for more.
Breakfast came and went so we thought we would go up to
Grassy Hill & see the town from a decent height which was spectacular. 360
degree views of the town and surrounding ranges was really worth the 5 minute
journey up there. Cooktown is certainly one of the places we will come back to,
a bloody nice little town.
Coffee in the Main Street after a look around sounded
like a great idea and then a refuel just outside town found us on our way.
HopeVale is an indigenous community about 45klm northwest
of Cooktown. We needed to pass through here to get to Eddies Place at Elim
Beach which comes highly rated as one of the best campsites on the peninsular.
The whole area is Aboriginal Land so the fact we can even enter is greatly
appreciated and when we arrived, we knew it was going to be a great spot.
We spent a few minutes talking to Eddie and then set up
quickly. The rest of the day was more about sitting down on absolute beachfront
and relaxing.....when the boys would let us.
What a magic place, we highly recommend it an the photos
will give an idea of how magical it is.
A nice family arrived from Mt Hotham Victoria and they
shared our fire over a few beers and tall stories which was great. They too are
on the way to the tip so no doubt we will run into them along the way again....
Off to meet up with the Toms's tomorrow at Old Laura as
the car has been sorted, then we head north up the Peninsular Road to Weipa.
Will be great to catch up with them.
Getting closer day by day...
Jase.....
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| Grassy Hill - Cooktown |
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| Lighthouse - Cooktown |
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| Elim Beach |
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| Campsite at Elim Beach |
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