22. – 23. November

Finally it was time to head south again but low tide is early in the morning so we decided to camp before the big causeway crossing. Possible campsites are the Lion’s Den or Home Rule. Lion’s Den is an old still running pub so the garden was full of beer bottles and you could smell the beer everywhere. Then we had a look at the other campground but were a bit disappointed as there was nobody we could ask so we just had lunch and moved on.

We stopped in Ayton at Harley’s Cabin and Camping.  This campground was close to the ocean – we could hear the waves and of course went to the beach to have a look. The beach looked nice although not good for swimming, river-mouths on both sides so you can be sure to find crocs.

The next day we dedicated to waterfalls – the Bloomfield and Roaring Meg Waterfall. We could discuss if the waterfall gave the name to the track of if the track was named first and then the waterfall. The Bloomfield Waterfall is really close to the main street we just needed 20 minutes to get there. We walked the final meters to the base of the fall. But we could only take some pictures as crocodiles love this area.

It was  a different story with the Roaring Meg Waterfall. First of all we had to get a permission and it was a 90 minutes drive just on dirt road. The road is called Creb Track and connects Cape Tribulation with Wujal Wujal but the track was only open until China Camp. The first part of the track were really good, just one river to c ross and two gates to go through. After the third gate, the entry to the Timber Reserve the road condition has changed. The road became steep, narrow and stony. Several times i had to arrange the stones and guide Tom but we made it and walked to the falls.

This time we could only walk to the top of the falls and couldn’t see the base. For the local Aborigines this place is for females but we couldn’t find a sign which said “men don’t move on”. Then we explored the beach in the middle of a mountains. It even had sand to walk into the water. It was really refreshing but you still had to take care that the rapids won’t wash you away. After two hours we headed back to our tent.

Recently there must have been a bush fire. We saw several burned trees on the side of the road as well as a big tree trunk lying across the street. It was still smelling after fire, was really hot and inside the tree trunk it was actually still burning.