Cape York

We travelled with frinds who had a crawlers on board - no problems, off with the nappy and let crawl round in the dirt(they will get dirty anyway -you cannot avoid it) - the kids loved it - one problem is the nappies you have to carry the nappies a long way to dispose of them in a bin - don't dig a hole and bury them ! many people do this along with rubbish and it does not work the PIG's dig it up in no time and what a mess. So let the bub go starkas so you don't waste nappies and don't have to carry many. Plain washable nappies might also be handy around camp sites etc and disposable on the driving legs maybe.
A srew tight container on the roof can be filled with water to be used as a washing machine as you drive.
Also a small dome tent is handy as a play pen - keeps the March flies off and the green ants.
The dog is a problem - that type of dog barks alot too so it will be hard to hide him - with all the wildlife during the day and night (bandicoots, pigs, brush turkeys) will result in the barking being quite consistent I would guess. I did not hear of ant boarding places that way near any of the parks. You would have to avoid the busy National Park spots like Twin Falls and Kalpower camping areas so not to disturb others. At the top we stayed at Punsund Bay fishing lodge / camping area and saw some people with dogs though they were fenced in or were on leads. Punsund bay is also good with kids - they have kids meals, ice cream and a video for them while you have dinner and a few beers.
Hope this helps, Cheers Beddo

Geoff,
A fold up cot with a net over the top with the "feet" in bowels of water to stop the ants. As for your spoilt but loveable dog, I would let it travel in a crab pot so it knows where it stands in the pecking order and the Cape's food chain.
Regards.

Mal T.

MaL.T. It's the misses!! Your apologise are accepted with a forgiving heart. We might cross paths in our travelling and you will see how cute and quiet our little pet can be. I had her to the vet this morning for her vacs and everybody raves over her, even the vet. We leave early Sept. from a little further up the coast from Brisbane, we will only be away a couple of weeks, as we have to come back to keep bringing in an income to keep the retired travellers travelling. Will travel up to the tip and back through to Kurumba where we have friends in high places in the fishing industry. Should be a fruitful fishy trip. Do you know what the link road is like from south Musgrave through to Kurumba? Have a bonza trip and enjoy your relaxation. Jen

Take the dog,
You are way out up there and there are only 3-4 rangers covering the hole cape.Having said that we saw every one of them at different times.
I took our black lab and was on the cape for 7 months, Dogs like kids! if they behave they will be allowed to stay.We were at chillie beach (must stay a night) and the ranger pulled up for a chat.No problems.If in doubt, there is so much to see that you dont need the National parks. If you go to twin falls and all the other tourist things leave him in the car and explore for an hour or 2 . There are better creeks to park on up and down from there with small camping spots along them. great fishing for barra perch and the big sarratoga.IT IS Trulty gods country Take your time the roads are worst than you can imagine but the teegragh track is the last great adventure.

Take the dog,if you can call a Chihuahua a dog , we had a 58kg rottweiler who loved to travel yet had a mental problem in that he would only do his " no2s " in his own back yard, needless to say taking the dog on any extended trip was out of the question,we used to have to get the motherinlaw to come and dog/house sit while we went touring,,
enjoy the cape,gods own.