So I pretty much followed the blue line here on the way up and came back along the coast, there are graded roads from Cooktown to Weipa and on to Bamaga, which is very close to the tip but the corrugations can be murder on stock suspension so I chose not to go further. (P.S. friends tell me Bamaga is the kind of community you drive straight through with the doors locked)Originally Posted by playwme
From Bamaga it's 4 hours drive return to the tip, walk the last few hundred meters. 4wd recommended.
You can do a tour from Cairns/Cooktown/Weipa/Bamaga that will take you to the tip in a Bus if you're keen. My boss took his Caravan last year, he has been going since 68...
Between Cooktown and Cape Tribulation is still real 4wd country, the Bloomfield Track and Old Telegraph Line, they are made worse each year by the traffic and it is recommended that you ring the local police before travelling as conditions change drastically. (we did the Bloomfield track in the early 90's in a Hilux and it was great fun)
To get from Cooktown to Cape Tribulation on the blacktop you need to come back inland through Lakeland, go down to the coast at Port Douglas then head north again, it is worth it. True Jungle.
Fun fact, Cooktown was settled before Brisbane.
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