Sand Man , Bloomfield track
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 24, 2005 at 20:55
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Member-Neil & Margie-Cairns
Sorry Sand Man , didn't get much of a chance to get many photo's on the weekend , was raining and the wind ,, blow a moungral dod off its chain ,, a few trees down and lots of mud , came back the same way today and its a lot dryer , its a good run , you'll enjoy it in a fer weeks , worst thing is the bituman goes past Cape Trib these days , i put 5 pics up in my rig , not the best , got most on video ,all the best ,
Neil.
Reply By: eerfree - Sunday, Jul 24, 2005 at 22:42
Sunday, Jul 24, 2005 at 22:42
Neil
Came down the
Bloomfield Track in June (Prado and Phoenix) rained from Rossville to
Cairns. Yes! it did get very interesting in a couple of
places and you are right about the wind I took the same photo of Archer Point but had to steady the camera on the foundations of the old
lighthouse!!
eerfree.
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Follow Up By: Member-Neil & Margie-Cairns - Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005 at 21:00
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005 at 21:00
G'day eerfree , we had showers for a few days befor and rain most of the way up , so we had a few fun spots , the track is fairley good these days , but with the wind we were getting there was a few small trees down ,, as for Archer Point , was there Xmas 2003 , the water was as flat as a tack , over the weekend you were flat out standing up , we had gail warnings most of the week ,, one of the prices we pay to live in paradise !!
All the best Neil ..
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Monday, Jul 25, 2005 at 07:54
Monday, Jul 25, 2005 at 07:54
Hey!,
Check out Neil's Rig Photo's.
There's a couple of pictures of an unfortunate 4BY doing a wet run.
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Reply By: Member - John C (QLD) - Monday, Jul 25, 2005 at 21:54
Monday, Jul 25, 2005 at 21:54
A few years since I was up there.
Is that
Bloomfield crossing still a loose stone causeway?
Subject to high tide?
It used to be over a metre deep at high tide, but only shallow at low tide.
Can't clearly make it out in your photos. Looks like it has been improved.
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Follow Up By: Member-Neil & Margie-Cairns - Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005 at 20:50
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005 at 20:50
G'day
John C ,
this was the first time we have been all the way through , been in from both ends , yes , the causeway is now concrete , it was upgraded a few years ago , still very subject to tides and flooding which i think a bit of both was this chappy's problem , the bituman goes all the way to Cape Trib and the track is now mostly a formed road , not the challenge it was , such is progress !!
All the best ,, Neil ..
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