Cape Tribulation to Lions Den
Through most of the twentieth century, the road north ended just beyond Cape Tribulation.
Fair Warning
The rugged Bloomfield Track was finally completed in 1983, but only after mass arrests broke the most dramatic resistance in Australian environmental history. The Track crawls 32 kilometers over mountainous rainforest to the Bloomfield River, connecting with a road on to Cooktown.
Woobadda Creek
A challenging ford
And a pleasant stop
We're here on the map
Creekside beauty
Bloomfield River
Crocodile warning
Riverside track
Riverside lunch
Old Bloomfield River ford
New Bloomfield River causeway
Looking upstream
Looking downstream
Oncoming traffic
Side trip to the falls
Hike to Bloomfield Falls
Up close
Viewers
Bloomfield Campground
Carolyn and Charlie camped here for three days while Peter and Patsy backpacked through rainforest to the beaches at nearby Cedar Bay National Park
Entrance
Lovely grounds
Campers' facilities
Dining room
Kitchen
Our campsite
Because the nights were warm and a little buggy, Carolyn and Charlie tried out Carolyn's self-opening ("just a flick of the wrist") mossie shelter, with its "self-inflating" mattress pads. Actually pretty cool and comfortable.
Charlie brought his photo files up to date
Did some reading
And more loafing