Thread: Trip to Cape York

Glad you did it! More pics please!

I'm starting to plan a trip to Cape York next year so I'd love to hear how the FL2 went.

I'm probably going to have a D3 by then but who knows I might stick with the FL.

We are going next year too. 4 Defenders at this stage so any info would be most gratefully received. Looks like you had some fun.

When out on the QAA near Birrdsville last year we bumped into a Land Rover promo team who were doing a run from Sydney to Broome with the full range of Landies including Defenders, Rangies, Discos and Freelanders. They said the Freelanders were going gangbusters and were handling the wet stuff and the dunes with ease.

Attached are a few more creek crossing photos. My son took over 2,600 snaps and I'm finding it difficult to associate my gps tracker to the photos, so at this stage I'd be only guessing the creek names!

By the way, I only used the water bra once. Happy to tell you more about the trip if you've got some specific questions.

One of the big things was that the tag-along guides provided the food, so I only had to carry the beer in my fridge! Still, I had reasonable amount of empty space in the vehicle which I'm going to figure out how to utilise in the next trip without having to spend a lot of money on customised drawers or whatever.

Sounds like a great trip FB. They're surprisingly capable little cars aren't they.


Now, only 2596 more photos to show us now .

Easiest package solution for the rear is go buy some plastic storage boxes they come in various sizes so you can mix and match to suit your storage space with lockable lids and hold them in place with some tie down straps onto your floor eye bolts. Dedicate each box to carrying certain things like kitchen utensils, foods, clothing, spares, camping pegs and tarps etc

You can also colour code the boxes if you don't want to go to the trouble of labelling them, if one breaks just buy a replacement.

When you done the trip the boxes can be unloaded into shed or garage ready for next outing.

I would probably attempt the trip in a FL2, but not the previous model/s

Well done, great pics but need to see more!

JC

Hello,

I'm planning the same trip for next year in my FL2. Thanks for the info and pics. Which tag along group did you use?
I just got back from Innaminka/Birdsville where I went out for half a day along the QAA line into the Simpson Desert and back up Big Red the hard way. The car handled it all really well and I only had the standard road tyres. I will definately swap to all terrain tyres for any other trips. I'm looking at Wrangler MTR's which are 3 ply sidewall. Has anyone used them on an FL2?

Cheers,
Mike