Cooktown, via the Bloomfield Track (more of our trip)
Monday, 26/9, dawned, warm and sunny and we boarded our bus for our trip to Cooktown. Now Cooktown can be reached by traversing sealed roads but we choose the 4WD experience. You are thinking, 'how is a bus going to tackle the Bloomfield Track?' Well have a look at the bus! The road was pretty good from Cairns to Cape Tribulation and from then on it was a dirt, rough, rock strewn, corrugated track. The scenery was amazing and crossing the Daintree River, by car ferry gave us a close view of the river. Just before the bitumen ended we stopped for morning tea at On the Turps. The scones, jam and cream were delicious. Our driver, Cathy pointed out the web of the Golden Orb Weaver spider. It was beautiful, as was the spider. Crossing many creeks, some with plenty of water, some a trickle and crossing the Bloomfiled River, we had a very brief stop at Wujal Wujal aboriginal community, where we saw some of thei...