Cape Flattery!

 We spent a few days in Cook Town, with the boys having a charter with a local fishing guru. He took them deep into the state forest, through croc infested swamp and bush looking for barramundi. Daniel caught some Archer fish, but that was all! The guide worked hard but the barra weren't fooled!They didn't get back to camp until after 8pm. What they did get was some tips on how to catch them as well as trapping for fresh crays...yum ,can't wait to for their success.
 Cook Town was a lovely sleepy place and we spent a nice afternoon on the wharf fishing, the sun was setting and the people were out and about, a nice atmosphere.

 Our next stop was Cape Flattery, a place we heard was a gem, but first we wanted to check out Isabella Falls. It was really pretty and worth the stop. Daniel wanted to sit up front for a better view and he became chief navigator. The drive through the bush tracks was really something, I can't begin to express the beauty in its ruggedness and it's always changing.

 We set the GPS for Cape Flattery and off we went! James spoke to a local in HopeVille, who said that getting down to CP would be fine, just getting back up may be a problem, we just had to wait and see. The travel through the bush was an adventure in its self! Daniel came in handy as our scout and would run along the path in front to see what the conditions were like. Once, we took a path and the road just disappeared, we had to reverse back in a straight line to get out! We came to a fork path, both full of water and we had to guess which one would be the better, we got through fine but it was sandy and boggy. Full of confidence, Daniel said, as we approached another one, this isn't deep!! Looks were deceiving and the water came right over the top, Daniel got his feet wet!! We will know for next time! We hit the dunes, and the wind as we got closer and the dunes were soft but not as bad as we thought they'd be. Once on the beach it was an 18km drive up to the track that would lead us to Cape Flattery.

The main beach was blowing a gale and there was so much stuff washed ashore from all over the globe, it would have been a scavengers delight! We followed the track to the camp and OMG! Sorry for sounding like a teenager, but Cape Flattery IS an absolute gem. It was totaly protected from the south easters and the water is that tropical blue with white sand and the camp site was just set back from beach with plenty of shade. We knew it was going to be hard to leave here.

We spent 3 relaxing days at CP, Daniel got his first driving lessons and would always look for a reason to get the car out for a drive. We met a guy who shared some of his mud crabs with us and gave us some great tips on places we should visit. This place is so special and there was no one around, we had it almost to ourselves.

 The boys spent the days fishing and I got into some creative stuff and we just chilled out. The water was so inviting, but each afternoon the sharks would come thrashing into shore chasing the bait fish that is in abundance here. Although we wanted to swim we didn't want to be on the menu!
 Before long, however it was time to leave. Darren left at the same time so if we had any problems he could help us out, as it was, we got out without any dramas.

 So long Cape flattery, it was a pleasure!