South west Cape York

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Cape York

This is the true 4WD journey to the tip of Cape York following the Old Telegraph Track (OTT) and its many challenging river crossings.

Cape York

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This is the true 4WD journey to the tip of Cape York following the Old Telegraph Track (OTT) and its many challenging river crossings.

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If you have an interest in this area I have just posted a trip account covering our jaunt around this area over the past 3 weeks in our Patrol & Tvan.

Chillagoe to Pormpuraaw & back via Musgrave, Artemis Station, Dixie Track & a variety of station tracks.

Includes lots of pics, & a couple of short videos

http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2020/08/07/breaking-isolation/

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See 'My Profile' (below) for link to our Aussie travel blog, now in it's 6th year.

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Reply By: batsy - Sunday, Aug 09, 2020 at 07:48

Sunday, Aug 09, 2020 at 07:48

Thanks for the blog cuppa, very timely as we will be up that way in a few weeks. Stay safe.
Cheers
Batsy

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Reply By: Member - Racey - Sunday, Aug 09, 2020 at 11:44

Sunday, Aug 09, 2020 at 11:44

Great Blog Cuppa

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Reply By: Pepper - Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:25

Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:25

Thankyou for taking the time to produce and share some great infofmation.

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Reply By: Member - Wildmax - Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 15:45

Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 15:45

Great area isn't it, and much less explored than other parts of the Cape. We managed to get ourselves lost a few years back cutting across from Artemis and Dixie direct to Dunbar. Ended up at a rather unfriendly station and told to bugger off, so spent a few hours working our way around various boundary fences in the hope of getting back on track. Made it to Dunbar crossing eventually, and enjoyed the detour !!

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Reply By: AlbyNSW - Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 21:29

Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 21:29

Came across from Karumba and camped at Dunbar crossing 2 nights ago and just arrived in Seisia , it is beautiful country coming in from the western side
Pretty quiet up here

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Reply By: John Baas - Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020 at 00:40

Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020 at 00:40

Fantastic report; very enjoyable read and very informative. Loved the river crossings and the birdies. Thanks heaps.

If the border ever opens we hope to get somewhere up that way, on way to Iron Range, next season, 2021.

Golden Shouldered is high on 'to get' our list as well as many others, incl Sarus Crane... Any sightings?

Cheers. JB.

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Follow Up By: Member - Cuppa - Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020 at 07:33

Tuesday, Aug 11, 2020 at 07:33

Hi JB, Thanks.
We didn’t see any Sarus Cranes whilst up there, but I’d reckon they’d be a good chance. We saw a pair at Liechardt Falls , south of Burketown last September though. Iron range is wonderful, we were up there at Portland Roads for 5 weeks last February. We are keen to get back there again when we can. You can read my blog entry about our time there at http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2020/03/09/portland-roads-cape-york/

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