92 km
After packing up camp we left at 08h30.
The road to Eliot Falls isn’t great, but neither is the Bamaga Road. It is very corrugated and we are fairly over it now! Parts of the cars keep loosening…but it’s the same with other cars…which caused us to do some side of the road shopping… 🙂 picked up a whole awning, a barely used water cooler and a single Max trax..unfortunately the other one didn’t seem to fall off around there.
We heard a new rattle, stopped and realised that our awning had lost some bolts and was coming lose, so strapped that up. We didnt want to particularly swap the picked up awning for our own!
Hitting the 28km road to Captain Billy’s was a pleasure in comparison. Very few corrugations and the landscape rapidly changed to rainforest.
There are two great lookouts on the track- one over the forest and one over the ocean and Captain Billy’s Landing itself.
The campsite is small and has no trees. Luckily there is a shelter with two tables and benches as well as a toilet.
There is another sign under the standard croc warning sign, stating that a croc had recently been spotted here. Mmmmm…Great! ?!?
2 replies on “Day 26: Eliot Falls – Captain Billy’s Landing”
Most interesting reading, Jo, and beautiful photos. However, tastes differ and I would definitely NOT choose to do this for fun! it looks rather frightening on occasion and often like hard work!!
Pam, you are not wrong! Not everyone enjoys being in the mud and roughing it that much!! 🙂