(QLD) 6/09 photos of old telegraph line. cape york

[unijoint]

thought some of you might be interested in recent photos of the OTL so I put some in my album. click on my avatar photo on the left and that should reveal them.

[Green Rodeo]

Great pics mate.

Looks wet up there!

What time of year was it?

Would you go same time again?

[Shonky]

Top pics mate, looks like a great trip that I have to do myself one day. :thumb:

[unijoint]

Great pics mate.

Looks wet up there!

What time of year was it?

Would you go same time again?
went up this year 6/09. I would definitely do it again and june is a good time though later would be dryer.

[3dhilux]

i was planing to go early june it looks so much different to when i was up there in aug 07. i be going next year for sure it to addictive

[peteinoz]

great photos mate..

how long were you up there?

Pete

[unijoint]

great photos mate..

how long were you up there?

Pete
thanks pete, I was up there for 3 weeks. 4 days on the old telegraph track.

[Cruiser Roo]

Awesome. I can't wait fro next year, i'll be there too. All these trip reports are good for saving motervation and to see how to prep my cruiser. Was thinking A/T's as we'll be doing a lot of hard ground driving but after seeing those pics Gonna go with M/T's which is what my heart wanted anyway, i was just trying to be sensible :):) And defo a snorkle.

[60s kid]

i would run muddies for sure
it looks like it has dried up a bit since we were up there but still wet
i want too be back up there im already over work :crazy:

[joey]

top pics mate.....i love living up here in the tropical north..

cant wait to get back up to the cape again soon!!

joey

[unijoint]

Yeah I went with 31 mtz muddies and really glad I did. I was surprised just how well they handled loose dirt out on the main road and also bitumen.

[HiCountryCruisr]

Great pics mate, makes me wanna go.:thumb:

[Playdo98]

Great Pics mates. Can't wait till we hit the cape in September. Thanks for the report

[wixxxer]

Great pics mate! Would love to go there but it will be a long time before I manage from Perth... :(

[Snapcatcher]

Great pics, a true 4WD adventure, and a trip I hope to do sometime

[unijoint]

thanks for the great feed back, its definitely a great trip if your into 4wd and a trip I hope to do again not to far in the future. best to do it with another fourby and much more fun when your with mates.

[Agent 13]

Looks like fun in the wet. Makin us victorians very jealous; I've got a cape trip planned - Cape Conran!!

[Foo]

Did you do any fishing or crabbing while you were up there unijoint?Was to go up there last year but things didn't turn out right,:cry:hopefully in the near future.

[unijoint]

Hi Foo, caught a few fish of the beach at Captain billy's landing and at chilli beach near lockart river. had some big fresh oysters of the rocks at Vrilya point, though be warned there was a croc there that patrolled the waters edge at night just infront of where we were camping. You can see there big red eyes with a bright torch at night. "you have to hold the torch at your eye level to get the reflection of their eyes"

[ggreenie]

Wow!!! I got back from the Cape 2 days ago and it is SO MUCH dryer now, WOW.

That swampy area past the turn off after nolans brook is pretty much all hard packed dirt. The ducie only just touched our bonnet ('97 NL Pajero). The swampy area just after cypress creek, where you said 'dont think its a creek' is half the size. lol. Amazing difference, when were these photos taken???? We did the tele on the 3rd, 4th, 5th July and it was so much dryer in comparison.

Brett

[unijoint]

Hi Brett, we started the telegraph track on the 5th of June . thanks for the feed back. I didnt realise just how quick it dries out. thats probably why most people do it in Aug - sept. Cheers phil

[Nissane]

Wow! Is that what I'll be looking forward to in September? Can't wait.

[bert-bt50]

great photos

bert

[oliver]

Great photos Uni. I just hope there's some water left for when we arrive early August! Looking at that lot, I'm glad the shorty's running BFG MTs. Looks great and can't wait :thumb:

Cheers
Oliver

[chopper]

Great pics, and i loved the little story with each.


well done

[unijoint]

there will definitely be water 0n the OTT in August. great camping spots at nearly every creek crossing. can recommend camping at somerset and vrilya point. both free. check hema maps for details. have a great time,

[80gus]

Great photo's i'm doing the same trip jan/feb, think there is any need for a snorkel?

[unijoint]

hope your joking. definitely snorkel country. Im not sure if you can do the OTL in Jan feb, think the creeks would be to deep , if anyone out there has done it perhaps you can share your experience with us. .pics would be great. cheers

[60s kid]

thats pretty keen mate feb/march we went up late april and it was great nice and wet, some tracks closed but like cape melvile and we were one of the first cars to do some tracks and the muddies paid for them selves. It most likely do able but it would be still wet season up there not the best for camping that my imo anyways.

[Deadly GU]

Was up there in July 08, and your right. Some of those crossings have changed since last year.
Hopefully want to go back up there in a few years time, when my young bloke is older and will appreciate it more.