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Sweet.
Is the old, moss-encrusted waterpipe still running parallel to the road into Mossman Gorge?

Just in case things get boring....
....check in with Nev, captain of the cruise boat "Croc Express" from Daintree Village, he also doubles as skipper of the Daintree Ferry sometimes.
Tell him G'day from the "Cape York Posties", he also used to/ still? ride an F650GS.
...or...
load the clan into a rental 4WD for a trip to the pub....the Lions Den Hotel via the Daintree Rd. that is.
Couple of shallow-ish-but-wide river crossings and 2 short but very steep and possibly loose climbs.
Lots of international folks on their way up/down The Cape at that place.
 
glitch said:
a trip to the pub....the Lions Den Hotel via the Daintree Rd
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An expensive and long day - $51 (return) ferry fee, and if your lucky only a 500m long / 40 to 50 minute wait to get to the head of the queue, well that was on the day we were there in Sep '24. Then along came a coupla CFA type trucks, an ambo and Queensland police 4WD, all of which (rightly so) were on the way to a major crash, jumped to the head of the queue.

We turned around, headed to Upper Daintree township for a cappuccino and a crocodile burger (not bad too), and then headed to the Upper Daintree ford crossing, but the road was closed due to some landslides, so back to Port Douglas for happy hour at the pub.
 
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Williamson said:
We turned around, headed to Upper Daintree township for a cappuccino and a crocodile burger (not bad too), and then headed to the Upper Daintree ford crossing, but the road was closed due to some landslides, so back to Port Douglas for happy hour at the pub.
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Upper Daintree ford crossing would be.....the southern end of the CREB-track?

That can be tricky orrite..... usually needs a walk-across first, but there's a good lot of "Happy Snappers" (Salties) around, just waiting for a snack.
Just "go+pray" often means the wrong line and the cage/bike submarines in the soft, sandy bottom!
(the "good line" changes daily).

Usually, but not always!, you gotta "deep-slingshot" that crossing with a tight tuck on the southern side.

Agree with the local crocs being best on a burger.
 
glitch said:
Upper Daintree ford crossing would be.....the southern end of the CREB-track?
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Yeah, a little yarn about that here:
https://austouring.com/index.php?threads/cape-york-whats-it-like.7813/#post-89777, post #6

glitch said:
Usually, but not always!, you gotta "deep-slingshot" that crossing with a tight tuck on the southern side.
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Can't remember what line we took, it was 50 years ago. But I wouldn't be surprised if it change season by season and depending on rains and floods. What was good one crossing, my be different for the next, especially if next was 50 years later.

Back in late Sep '24 (corrected date in earlier post), on the heading home stage of our half-lap, I wanted to re-visit the ford but hit the road closed due to land slide signs. When getting a coupla rear tyres ($380 a pop) on the back of the Jeep at Mossman the next day, was chatting with the tyre guy, he lived at Upper Daintree, said the road and crossing was passable if you knew what your were doing, offered to take me on the weekend. Alas, we were due in Townsville on the weekend.

More unfinished business.
 
Williamson said:
More unfinished business.
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hehe......there's never an end to it.

Conditions up there hardly ever stay the same for a single week. An single hour of heavy rain up in the coastal hills change 5 river crossings for a month.

Said the Cooktown Ranger: take a week's worth of food/ water/supplies for the 4hrs of CREB track!!
And if you had the first 3 drops of rain...STOP and hunker the f&^% down, where ever you are.

Dead right he was.
 
glitch said:
Is the old, moss-encrusted waterpipe still running parallel to the road into Mossman Gorge?
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Yep

glitch said:
Just in case things get boring....
....check in with Nev, captain of the cruise boat "Croc Express" from Daintree Village, he also doubles as skipper of the Daintree Ferry sometimes.
Tell him G'day from the "Cape York Posties", he also used to/ still? ride an F650GS.
...or...
load the clan into a rental 4WD for a trip to the pub....the Lions Den Hotel via the Daintree Rd. that is.
Couple of shallow-ish-but-wide river crossings and 2 short but very steep and possibly loose climbs.
Lots of international folks on their way up/down The Cape at that place.
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Kids couldn't give two shits about anything other than food and the swimming pool sadly :bigrofl:
 
Another "touch-up" for the legendary XT600.
How many Austourers to fix a loose mirror?
Morning repairs after a previous night's "fetching firewood" pretzeler....

Queenstown Caravan Park, Tassie

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