The Cape

**crump** · 19th June 2007, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by outback traveller

We are leaving Brisbane on July 11 for the Cape and returning Aug 5. We will be in a Silver D3 SE TVD6 with bull bar, hydraulic winch, tyre carrier and G4 roof rack. My wife is an obsessive bird watcher so look out for a feral female with binos glued to her face.

Make sure you visit the Smugglers Tree in Iron Range NP, best spot to see Eclectus, Geofroyus and Glossy Starlings.Chilli Beach has a huge flock of Torres Strait pigeons that roost there as well.Gordon creek campground is good for Yellow Billed Kingfishers and Purple Crowned Pigeons and keep an eye out for Palm Cockies on the road in to IR.

**knotty7** · 19th June 2007, 10:52 AM

Ill be taken my 130 d/c on the trip and following me will be a
navara and 100 series, hopefully ill run into some of you up there
so we can have a chat. We leave biloela qld on the 14 july

**knotty7** · 19th June 2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I was up there last year and absolutely loved it! Word of advise. Physically stop before every water crossing. I did a radiator on the main drag up there at one of the many crossings.

Slunnie,

how did you bugger your radiator, water to deep??

**Slunnie** · 19th June 2007, 04:48 PM

Gday Knotty,

Yes and now. This one was deeper than I expected, but it wasn't deep in the big picture. After some time thinking about it, I think that I ran into water that was deeper than I expected faster than I had thought. I think the speed is really what clinched it though, as I've been through water before and after than has been a lot deeper than what this was.

This is the crossing on the return trip.

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