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bozo101


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Hi folks, I am a newbie on the GN site, having only recently managed to poke my nose into the solos forum, me being a solo traveller.

Can anyonne tell me if they have pulled a van into a place called 'Eddies Camp', near Hopevale in NQ. It looks like heaven, and a great place for fishing tragics, like myself.

Any feedback on the place, access etc would be great :)

Ian



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I haven't been there but just wanted to say welcome to the board.

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Welcome to the forum hope you enjoy it I am sure someone will know the answer to your question. Helena.

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Welcome Bozo.  Just Googled it, and got this Link.  Some nice Pics. too.

Cheers,

Sheba.

 

http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/71283/Elim_Beach_-_North_of_Cooktown.aspx



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I stayed there on a trip up Cape York in 2004. Yes, it is a magic place.

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Thanks Gordon, Helena, Sheba.......this GN site is great. I really think if I needed to remove my appendix on the road, I would get the directions here :)

Sheba, I have seen that link, but I am not sure about van access. I think other GN's will have been there and let me know details.

I am getting VERY impatient to get on the road, so over surburbia, and I have a daughter who lives in Gove......yipppeeeee :)

Cheers Ian

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Hi jimricho, thanks for your reply. I will be towing a 12' van on offroad chassis. Did you have any issues getting in?

I undestand that Eddie restricts numbers. Did you book ahead?

Cheers Ian

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Hi Bozo and welcome to the forum. There is bound to be someone who knows the answer to this question and any others that may arise.

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I'm sure you have heard of the gall boys of kedron c/vans . They go up there regularly with their massive offroad caravans. I imagine you will have to pre-arrange your visit as Hopevale is an aboriginal community.

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bozo101 wrote:

Hi jimricho, thanks for your reply. I will be towing a 12' van on offroad chassis. Did you have any issues getting in?

I undestand that Eddie restricts numbers. Did you book ahead?

Cheers Ian

 Hi Ian,

I was part of a 4WD tag-along and all the arrangements were made by the tag-along operator but I think the camping at Elim Beach would have been arranged in advance.  I don't know any contact details but the web link in Sheba's post above may have some info.

At the time I was towing a "tent trailer" (off-road box type trailer with a fold-out tent on top), others had either tents only or trailers including a few "Ultimate" trailers. As I recall the track in was sandy and narrow in places but it was seven years ago and my memory has been the victim of a few dissolved brain cells since then.

The Cooktown Visitor Centre may be able to give you more info.

Another "must-do" in the Hopevale area is Willie Gordon's Aboriginal cultural tours... http://www.guurrbitours.com/ (click on the underlined link)

Jim

PS: There are restrictions on the amount of alcohol you can take in there, check this out as the fines are very severe as they are intended to make "bootlegging" unprofitable.



-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 17th of June 2011 06:43:09 AM

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A few things to remember, HopeVale is Aboriginal Land and there are alcohol restricions there and also you may have to get permission from the local land council. The grog I know for sure the land council is a guess

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hey bozo welcome to the site a daughter that lives in gove peninsular oh wow you lucky bugger great fishing there
enjoy your travels and enjoy the site if you do make it to eddies camp letus know what it was like

been to cooktown and top end but cant recall eddies camp

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Thanks folks for your welcomes and advice for Eddies camp. I have some further research to do to see if I can get my van in there, and I'll post results.
.......and hi Glassies, yes, great to have a daughter in Gove. I spent 10 days there with she and her bloke last month . He happens to be a helicopter pilot :), so we got to some very remote fishing places. At a great creek, I actually saw a croc launch itself at Shaun as we were casting off the bank. He saw it just in time, and we both set a land speed record to higher ground.
.......and no bluddy fish that day.

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...... and speaking of crocs, we flew into a community due south of Gove, called Bawaka. It is one of the most idyllic places I have ever been to. The indiginous owner, Timmy, has a pet croc !

Yep, he has been attached to this croc since the croc was newly born, and the croc visits the community each arvo for a feed. Timmy has a relationship with this fella that you can only believe when you see it

Check attached pics. Lunch is a freshly caught barracuda. Pic 2 is the beach at Mawaka, croc slide in the foreground. This was a great day :)DSC_5064.JPGDSC_5070.JPG



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wow fantastic pics ,what a fantastic job too a helicopter pilot i can only imagine what it must have been like ide love to go to gove
its on my list i used to go to weipa every year fishing at a spot called janie creek which is up the beach from mapoon i do believe
its not like it used to be we would all set off from port mcq from where i used to live and head up there out west


did several trips different ways and saw a hell of a lot of australia it was a fantastic time of my life , i left my partner since
then and have been married own a business so we cant get away ,but one day we shall we have purchased a camper
and have many dreams in mind for when we do hit the road.

stay safe in your travels and keep us updated

cheers for now.

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