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im still pretty keen to head up... but im terrible with dates... you guys sort it out and ill try and tag along

Ok we need to make a definite date. I need to let my work know so I can get the time off..

dibs wrote:hmmmm makes me think we should keep and:mrgreen lift the forry .and use it for these of road activities were planing .

hows that sound guys a lifted 98 forry auto, big feet, bull bar, winch (hehehehehe)roof top camper and then some .

any other recommendations


dibs :p

Snorkel just in case?

camo85 wrote:hey just looking at a few pics of the cape has anyone done the gunshot entry in a suby

I know the lead Forester in this group has done "gunshot".

Just to bring this back up to the top....

Still wanting input for the dates.....

I need to know ASAP to organise time off work....

I'm still thinking of September.....

Any other inputs?

i suggest pick some dates that will fit in well with the weather up that way and stick with it, anytime in 2010 is good for me at the mo, and im keen as!
boss has already given me the green light to go

Well I was thinking of leaving the 5th of September 2010 & returning the 25th.

Or do we go August?

about all i can think of is the wet season might not be the bestest of ideas :P
not that i even know when that is :P

other then that, id prefer it not to be the middle of summer, much prefer the cold than the hot, but i dont really care too much...

so yeah apart from that, anytime is good for me

I'm now thinking of August as there is no school holidays then -> less people ...

???

yeah august is fine with me

So say Sunday 1st to 27th of August 2010 ?

sounds good!... wheres that leaving from?

ill book august off work then..

Leaving from Brisbane....

Hey peeples,
Just to chuck some ideas in the hat...

- There was a suggestion that making the meeting point Cains or further north would give more flexibility for people to do there own thing, both on the way up and back.

- Along the same lines, driving straight to the top then sight seeing on the way back, so everyone can choose how much they want to do/see verses how much time they have.

- I've read a couple of recomendations for traveling early in the dry season to avoid the dust and road deterioration.

The best time to make the Cape York trip is early in the dry season, around the beginning of June. There is less traffic on the roads and the gravel surfaces are not so badly cut up. Early rains can come in October, therefore it is important to have completed your journey by then.

- ... the little used CREB track through the Daintree rather than via Cape Tribulation. sounds interesting!

Whata ya's recken?
Daza.

Please keep the ideas coming...

August was just an idea. I do want to make a definite date with in the next few weeks so we all can organise time off.

I was talking to an ex customer that I had (I have changed jobs) he does the trip to the cape every two years. He was saying that the road condition doesn’t change much unless there has been heaps of rain.....


The reason why I said august is there is no school holidays to interfere with our trip.

In saying that if we were to go the beginning of June we would be coming home when the school holidays would be starting.

???

The Creb track if open is an awesome track, differently a must do!!! Have done it on the bike!

OK - a lot of you guys have lifted and toughened vehicles. I don't. And I don't want to modify my Outback to that sort of extent.

There are loads of stories of standard vehicles making the trip. My Outback is standard and is a manual with hi/lo range. I would love to do a trip to the cape and the opportunity to tag along with some experienced people with some serious off road experience might be just the trick that gets me off my bum and keen to do the drive.

Have you considered the concept of a "dual level" trip that has alternatives that would allow people such as myself to take a standard vehicle along and do just those bits that are suitable and then maybe tag along as a passenger for some of the more extreme bits?

I would seriously consider coming up from Sydney to meet up and do this trip if I was comfortable that my car would be OK when it got back.

I have a set of 15" rims with Pirelli P Zero Rally tyres on them. The rolling diameter is the same as the stock 16 inchers - but the offset is different. These will cope with the terrain I am certain. I can orchestrate a couple of spares but carrying them along with all the necessary camping gear will necessitate VERY careful packaging. A box trailer would be a very handy thing for a trip like this. How much of an impact on progress does a trailer make?

Keep me posted.

We will be doing the Creb track if it is open.

DavesB4 - Yes it would be possible to take an outback lightly modified to the cape. But a trailer is a big no with our sized vehicles. The only thing is you may damage the front & rear bars as they hang down a bit.

The option for an 'easy' route could be an option for some. We wont be doing absolutely extreme tracks but it will be challenging & fun.

As for the date...????