From Cooktown we headed north into Lakefield National Park and stopped for three nights at Kalpower Crossing. It was a gorgeous spot to bush camp at and we saw plenty of wildlife there.
We took the boat up the river (looking for crocs) and saw just how high the waters can get in the wet season, check out the height of that log. No wonder the roads in Cape York are impassable in the wet! If you're there during the wet season the only way out is to fly or boat.
An Agile Wallaby at Kalpower - he was huge for a wallaby and pretty friendly too although we didn't get too close to him.
Wallaby checks out Ruben, we think he was hoping for food.
We saw our first snake at Kalpower (apart from dead ones on the road), found at the campsite next to ours. Eight people looking at it had eight different views on what kind of snake it was - sorry still don't know! I went back and zipped the tent up tight.
The Plains in Northern Lakefield, apparently the largest savannah land left in the world.
As we were crossing Saltwater Creek (above) in the 4WD Rob thought he saw a croc so I took a pic - I couldnt see it until I zoomed the photo right in on computer and tah dah, that little rock in the water turned into a little freshwater croc....
Road signs were pretty different up this way (actually mostly non-existent, we had to set our tripmeter and follow the trek notes in our 'adventurers guidebook'). Surprising we didnt get lost once. From Lakefield we travelled to the Archer River Roadhouse and stayed a night there before heading onto Weipa (biggest town in Cape due to Bauxite Mine).
Walking alongside the river at Archer, vehicles tend to get off the road by dusk so its safe to walk along the road.
Will load rest of Cape York adventure shortly, plus finally a post from Rob on the trip to the tip.
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