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Cape York 2011

2 - 31 July

approx 9000 km

In 2006 a group of five vehicles undertook a month long trip to Cape York. It was such a great trip, that we all agreed to come back five years later to do the trip again

This is the trip report for Cape York 2011 - 30 days, 30 sunsets, 30 campfires, with 12 vehicles and 33 people.

For anyone looking for the 2006 Trip Report it is here

The crew consists of:
Canberra
Ivan, Adam, Matt, Ben and Jordy	120 Series TD
Tim and Di	120 Series TD
Cameron and Blaire	80 Series TD
Hayden (and very often Adam, Matt and Jordy)	Hilux Diesel
Steve, Mel, Zac and Nick	120 Series TD
Gerry, Narelle, Ebony and Kaitlyn	GU Patrol TD
Paul, Belinda, Lilli and Chloe	GU Patrol TD
Cairns
Steve and Danielle	90 Series (V6)
Ben, Kyle and Skye	80 Series TD
Nhill
Nelson and Carol	90 Series (V6)
Darwin
Gailene, Stuart, Lori and Millie	Pajero (TD) and camper

The Itinerary:

Date		From	To
21-Jun-11		Shed Night at Hume OffRoad
2-Jul-11	Sat	Canberra	Lightning Ridge
3-Jul-11	Sun	Lightning Ridge	Clermont
4-Jul-11	Mon	Clermont	Cairns
5-Jul-11	Tue	Cairns	Palmer River Gold Fields
6-Jul-11	Wed	Palmer River Gold Fields	Jowalbinna Station
7-Jul-11	Thu	Jowalbinna Station	Elim Beach
8-Jul-11	Fri	Elim Beach	Cape Melville
9-Jul-11	Sat	Rest Day - Cape Melville
10-Jul-11	Sun	Cape Melville	Archer River
11-Jul-11	Mon	Archer River	Weipa
12-Jul-11	Tue	Weipa	Weipa
13-Jul-11	Wed	Weipa	Pennyfather Bay - and back to Weipa
14-Jul-11	Thu	Pennyfather Bay	Bramwell Junction OR Dulhunty River Crossing
15-Jul-11	Fri	Bramwell Junction	via OTT
16-Jul-11	Sat	OTT	Old Jardine River Crossing
17-Jul-11	Sun	Old Jardine River Crossing	Seisia
18-Jul-11	Mon	Rest Day - Seisia
19-Jul-11	Tue	Seisia	Somerset
20-Jul-11	Wed	Somerset	Punsand Bay
21-Jul-11	Thu	Rest Day - Punsand Bay
22-Jul-11	Fri	Punsand Bay	Crystal Creek
23-Jul-11	Sat	Crystal Creek	Bramwell Junction
24-Jul-11	Sun	Bramwell Junction	Kalpowar
25-Jul-11	Mon	Kalpowar	Lions Den
26-Jul-11	Tue	Lions Den	Cape Trib
27-Jul-11	Wed	Rest Day - Cape Trib
28-Jul-11	Thu	Cape Trib	Home