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Thread: Cairns to Cooktown
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20th August 2007, 12:49 PM #16
Do people still refer to the coast road as the QEB track? I think it was short for Qld Electricity Board because they pushed it through?
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20th August 2007, 10:07 PM #17
No, it isn't the coast road, the coast road is the now famous Bloomfield track build in '83-'84.
Cliff.
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5th October 2007, 02:22 AM #18quality + reliability
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We did the Daintree up to Cook Town in 1990. It was wet and I spent half a day pulling cars up hills and out of bogs.
When we got to the Bloomfield it was almost high tide and there was a line up waiting for the tide. Being young and silly we deceided not to wait.
It was the scariest river crossing I ever did. The water was up the drivers side window and washing over the bonnet.
The worst part it is like a causeway that droped off either side. My Land Cruiser filled up to the seats by the time we got across. It is also a wide crossing.
Never again it almost was more that water needed cleaning up!!!
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5th October 2007, 09:58 AM #19
That reminds me of a time I was coming back into Townsville (with half a million bucks worth of Geo equipment on the back) via the Harvey Ranges and there had been some flash floods to the west. I came to this normally shallow crossing that was now swollen and flowing fast and brown. I decided to chance it as it was going to put another 80km to go around it.
Once the water got over the bonnet I could feel the landcruiser starting to slip sideways and I was about 1/4 of the way across - too far gone to reverse out.
I got across eventually but I almost had to change my undies afterwards!
I recon that I'd slipped about 3m downstream by the time I'd reached the other bank
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5th October 2007, 11:50 AM #20quality + reliability
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If the water had been fast flowing I would never attemted this crossing. Have witness the results of bad judgment crossing a deep fast flowing river. The sheer width of this crossing coupled with the depth made is so scary.
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5th September 2009, 05:41 PM #21SENIOR MEMBER
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Quaid road is still drivable . But has gates to stop you getting to the coast ,from mt molloy road , the coast road to cooktown is well worth doing , crossed the bloomfield in a jackaroo old one. Following a brumby ute so not too challenging . Low tide ! Cheers bob
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5th September 2009, 05:44 PM #22SENIOR MEMBER
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ALSO dont walk across to check depth . untill crocs are fed . cheers Bob