The Coast Road (Bloomfield) - Cairns
to Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Listed at 20 (Up from 79) The Coast Road, Cairns
to Cooktown
The Coast Road runs from Cairns to Cooktown through the pristine
Daintree rainforest. As drives go the Coast Road is off the scale.
You can look forward to river crossings and picturesque waterways,
magnificent beaches & rugged mountains. You can also look forward
to getting stuck if you don't have a 4WD (or you aren't a passenger
in someone else’s). The bituman ends at Cape Trib.
On route:
Bloomfield Falls and Track
• Bloomfield Falls, a place of particular cultural significance
to the Kuku Yalanji people.
• Bloomfield Track, built to connect Bloomfield to Cape Tribulation
and the scene of a major confrontation with conservationists in
the 1980's. Much tree hugging and chain saw yielding (see listing
no. 21)
Woobadda Creek,South Cowie Beach and Emmagen Creek.
• Woobadda Creek, which has a swimming hole upstream and
the beautiful, and remote South Cowie Beach.
• Emmagen Creek. This is also popular, beautiful and a great
photo stop. Take the track upstream (not down) on the south side
of the creek for swimming holes.
Cape Tribulation Beach and Daintree Coast, River and Rainforest
• Cape Tribulation Beach, the ultimate 'where rainforest
meets the reef' tropical beach
• Daintree Rainforest via the Dubuji boardwalk
• Swim in Myall Creek
• Thornton Beach
• Cow Bay (home of the Croodillus hostel)
• Daintree Discovery Centre boardwalks, Aerial Walkway and
Canopy Tower to get a birds view of the Daintree
• Daintree River car ferry – there is no bridge, just
crocs
Bloomfield Track, North of Cape Tribulation
The Bloomfield Track is a 4WD dirt track through the Daintree Rainforest
just north of Cape Tribulation.
The track traverses several creeks and river crossings and including
some steep climbs and descents.
The Bloomfield Track is many kilometres of rugged terrain and magnificent
scenery in a remote wilderness region.
Bloomfield River
The track runs unsurprisingly to the Bloomfield River, through
to Wujal Wujal and Bloomfield. You can continue on to the unspoilt
/ under-developed Cooktown.
It is possible to self 4WD but driving a vehicle in rough terrain
takes a great deal of attention. You risk missing out on experiencing
the surrounding scenery or getting stuck. If do get into trouble
may become over familiar with just one small section of the track.
Let someone else drive.
Bloomfield Rainforest
Sometimes the picture just speaks for itself.
 Bloomfield
Rainforest
Bloomfield Rainforest, Daintree Explorer for 2
Departing your city hotel you travel through the sugar cane and
pineapple plantations toward the Daintree River, where we join our
own personalized river cruise.
Daintree River Cruise
The cruise takes us though areas where the rainforest meets overhead
and crocodiles can normally be seen basking on the muddy banks.
(Sea snakes and Pythons, also native to the Mangrove Swamp, can
be seen on the cruise.)
Enjoy a home prepared morning tea whilst cruising the placid waters
before returning to our vehicle to cross the river aboard a barge.
Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation
You enter the Daintree Rainforest making our way to Cape Tribulation
where we stroll through the rainforest to the shores of the Coral
Sea. From here you can view the bay against the backdrop of the
dense Rainforest.
Enjoy a delicious lunch under the canopy of the forest before traveling
into 4wd country along the Bloomfield Track to Woobadda creek.
After exploring the area, you return along the track taking a stroll
deep into the rainforest.
Returning to the vehicle you will travel Southward and enter the
Mossman Gorge with its breathtaking Waterfalls and rushing waters,
returning to Cairns late afternoon.
This will be a truly memorable and exhilarating day.
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