The
Coast Road (Bloomfield Track) - 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
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
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.
Bloomfield Track
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.
Mossman Gorge
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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