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Great ride to Cooktown :)
Well we are just home after a terrific few days conquering the road to
Cooktown from Mareeba. Highly recommended! The road is first class, used by a lot of big trucks and travellers but all very courteous. 300kms of first class touring country . We rode our trusty old tandem - camped out for 3 nights under clear skys, cold nights and clear days although yesterday and today the wind was blowing in gusts up to about 30knots! (OMG that slowed us down!) Great feeds are available along the way although water is a little short in places. We were very lucky in that we had some contacts who left water beside the road hiding in a couple of spots. We enjoyed it - planning our next jaunt now. Kathy. |
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Great ride to Cooktown :)
just us Wrote: Well we are just home after a terrific few days conquering the road to Cooktown from Mareeba. Great ride Kathy! Mike -- coppershark |
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Great ride to Cooktown :)
just us wrote:
Well we are just home after a terrific few days conquering the road to Cooktown from Mareeba. Highly recommended! The road is first class, used by a lot of big trucks and travellers but all very courteous. 300kms of first class touring country . We rode our trusty old tandem - camped out for 3 nights under clear skys, cold nights and clear days although yesterday and today the wind was blowing in gusts up to about 30knots! (OMG that slowed us down!) Great feeds are available along the way although water is a little short in places. We were very lucky in that we had some contacts who left water beside the road hiding in a couple of spots. We enjoyed it - planning our next jaunt now. Kathy. Hi Kathy, I have just returned to Canada. I DID get to Darwin after about 7 lost days due to mechanical breakdowns (busted derailler etc.) Doing the dirt road on the Savannah Way is a REAL TREAT. I went slow (at most 60 km on the dirt and about 103 km on the Bitumen) and met incredible people....... tea, water and "beeah" were all offered - not to mention energy bars and energy drinks (Going to Darwin?? You mist be mad - here is a drink and a bar...). Water was never a problem - ever. The most I carried was 6 litres. I never asked for anyone to leave some ahead for me as there was always lots on the road. I drank from rivers and creeks (always flowing ones). Even aboriginal people told me where there was water..... I will eventually send a PM and a CD of the trip - but the latter will take a while as work is now my major preoccupation ;-) I DID see Ross Wilson, the Urban Legends and Mondo Rock in two different venues - quite a change from the dirt road between Normanton and Borroloola ;-) Regards, Ken Pisichko |
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Great ride to Cooktown :)
just us Wrote: Well we are just home after a terrific few days conquering the road to Cooktown from Mareeba. Highly recommended! The road is first class, used by a lot of big trucks and travellers but all very courteous. 300kms of first class touring country . We rode our trusty old tandem - camped out for 3 nights under clear skys, cold nights and clear days although yesterday and today the wind was blowing in gusts up to about 30knots! (OMG that slowed us down!) Great feeds are available along the way although water is a little short in places. We were very lucky in that we had some contacts who left water beside the road hiding in a couple of spots. We enjoyed it - planning our next jaunt now. Kathy.Was that you I saw on the Bloomfield Track driving back towards Cape Trib? I was on the dual susp MTB at a water crossing. -- slaw |
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