Thursday 12 July 2012 at 7am we were picked up by our Oz Tour bus and farewelled by Brian & June, who are keeping an eye on the bus and trailer while we are on the 12 day Cape York tour.
Mark & I were the fourth couple to be picked up then Carol & John were picked up from their caravan park, the bus pulled up further north of Cairns were the rest of the team joined us. There were 19 people on the tour and including the tour guide we had a total of 21 people. Our tour guides, Kath & Jeff then introduced themselves and explained that due to the rain, the Bloomfield track beyond the Daintree NP was closed.
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| Kath & Jeff - our tour guides |
We headed up towards Mareeba and stopped for morning tea at Mt Molley, lunch was at Lakeland then called in to the Lions Den Hotel for a drink, before stopping at Black Mountain for a look and pulled into the Big 4 Caravan Park at Cooktown.
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| Lions Den Hotel |
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| Lorelle, Lorraine & Pam |
Jeff and Kath gave a demo on erecting the dome tents, then kitchen, wash and dining tables and chairs were set up.
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| Our first night |
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| Tent City |
Ray, Rosalie and myself went for a walk to the pub after 6pm to buy some drinks, as we didn't take any with us. We could only buy cask wine, as we couldn't have any glass bottles on the trip and cask wine could only be purchased after 6pm.Tea, chops and veggies were cooked on an open fire, followed by dessert, everyone was in bed by 8.30pm
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| Jeff cooking dinner |
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