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Swanning_it

18-09-2007, 07:30 AM

riley

18-09-2007, 08:44 AM

I am still here as well.I allways have a look to see what is going on up the cape.Just trying to save some money for next years trip.

Dipmaker

18-09-2007, 09:50 AM

Present, Sir.

kingchevy

18-09-2007, 01:05 PM

Yep count me in damn tourist keeping me that busy I can't spend enough time on here geez

Sippy Fella

18-09-2007, 03:08 PM

I am here. Saying a big g'day from the Weipa campground. Bloody hot up here today. Haven't caught a fish yet.

campdog

18-09-2007, 08:48 PM

Hi Campdog,

New avatar hey! Looks good.

I'm here. Love reading the various posts, but until we make our push to the tip ( sometime in the future) I still feel like a pretender!

We might make Weipa this Christmas..........does that count!

Ian
Thought about time I changed the avitar. wasnt good at the time .it was sitting in nolans brook last year with a trailer firmly wedged on a log.
Theres no pretenders here only people going to the cape , been there or there now. Im in the planning stage again.

Nedly

19-09-2007, 12:43 PM

Still hanging.
More pics to post yet, and stories.
Like Campdog, I'm in the early stage of planning for next year, mid October is looking good.

Nedly

19-09-2007, 12:55 PM

Where the hell is Batesy and Ant????????????
They too good for us now.

tully

19-09-2007, 08:58 PM

got a few things i want to sort out before i go up again , new tyres, cooper stt should do the job. longer solar panel lead so i can camp in the shade. another battery for the camper (agm) i,m also making up all shade mesh walls for the annex

highlift80

20-09-2007, 12:06 AM

I am still here boyz have been here and there travelling around the place was down in Canberra last week spreading the word Capeyorker.com got some strange looks. Maybe cause I drive a Toyota hey John hahaha. got the ol Cruiser tuned up and whacked on the dyno, I am happy with the result,
Cooma Diesel service are in Kembla st Fyshwick A.C.T for anyone that's interested they do a great job, other then that just working saving up the paso's 4 next years trip. Damn I wish it was next year already..

campdog

21-09-2007, 08:02 PM

Heading down wagga way for the long weekend to inlaws birtday parties, get a few more cape york points up.Hopefully to start planning soon.

22-09-2007, 10:54 AM

yep cookies still here, heading down south soon to sort my daughter out but still am hangin

HOFFY

22-09-2007, 06:52 PM

Still here but photo shows where I'd rather be. Fishing in front of our camp at Hann Crossing in Lakefield N.P. Oops. Photo wouldn't upload.

Lushy

25-09-2007, 11:38 AM

I is still lerkin here. Only 11 Months to go for my Cake adventure - but not counting - MUCH

batesy

27-09-2007, 06:36 AM

Where the hell is Batesy and Ant????????????
They too good for us now.

Of course, we're too good for the likes of you, Nedly, you shouldn't even have to ask that!

I've been AWOL down south for several weeks... got back last night. I've been trawling the forum this morning checking out the pics etc.

Nedly

27-09-2007, 01:42 PM

Of course, we're too good for the likes of you, Nedly, you shouldn't even have to ask that!

I've been AWOL down south for several weeks... got back last night. I've been trawling the forum this morning checking out the pics etc.

Another holiday :o
How the hell do I get a job like yours? ....... oh yeah, that's right.
Forget that last question.

And you know you want to be with us, we couldn't get rid of you when we were in Weipa.
In some cases it could have been considered stalking.

Googy

02-10-2007, 07:36 PM

Howdy All

I been a bit slack lately. My trip for next year is still on but I'm probly only going as far as Bathurst bay as me mate can only get away for two weeks but we'll we what happens between now and then,

Hey Tully

Keep the tyres and get rid of the Rodeo

campdog

10-10-2007, 09:08 PM

Just checked in but no one home,try again tomorrow.

riley

11-10-2007, 09:47 AM

HI ALL, i suppose most are like me trying to save up money and time for next years trip.I think we are having a light Xmas this year so we can save up for the cape.[have not told anyone else that yet]Trying to get up there a bit earler this time.

campdog

28-10-2007, 06:51 AM

Just dropped in to see who is about, been pretty quiet on the forum lately.I suppose the Cape season is nearly over and the locals are left to recover until we invade next year and the capeyorkers recovering from their trips. Still this forum is a good place to visit daily. Keeps the dream alive.

jimbo69

28-10-2007, 07:14 AM

yeah, i pop in for a look to check for more reports and photos,

highlift80

28-10-2007, 07:16 AM

I'm here John, it's a miserable day here in the upper western part of nsw bit of thunder , bit of lighting lot of rain which is good my grass is starting to grow again it's been dead for the last month or two as we haven't seen rain for six months lawn, plants and trees are dying all over town so the rain is good spose next week ill have to break out the lawn mower that's been in retirement for the last few months give the new growth a trim, other then that just doing some work on my camper trailer got it up on the starting blocks ready to go just waiting out the time staring at that horizon line.

Nedly

30-10-2007, 03:14 PM

I drop in from time to time, been busy with work since I got back, and getting busier.
Hope to be a bit more active in the near future.

campdog

30-10-2007, 08:06 PM

Im still confined to the back yard. Nearly killed myself last weekend. Digging up garden beds and shovelled 9 meters ot soil up onto a retaining wall. bloody hot work.The stupid thing was , there was a bobcat siiting next to the dirt. I didnt have the key so i worked around it.
I recently turned 50 so I should be rexing in the garden, not making one.Teach me for having too much fun in the past few years.

Grandson operator. no keys
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k259/campdog_photos/bcat.jpg

Saturday arvo. all day digging
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k259/campdog_photos/bcat2.jpg

After shovelling all day sunday, wife on my tail planting flowers behind me.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k259/campdog_photos/bcat3.jpg

Slept well sunday night

Swanning_it

31-10-2007, 06:47 PM

Hey Campdog.........I don't know you that well, but I really thought from your posts you were a tad intelligent :)

I had a similar job (digging in water tanks under a deck extension) but at least I had the good sense to wait for the guy with the keys to turn up!!!

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Ian

campdog

31-10-2007, 08:27 PM

Yeah I thought I was too. Cant believe how stupid it was. Trying to get a Cape Pass is hard work. Didnt work real goog, just got more work to do.

dann

31-10-2007, 10:55 PM

I am always looking in.

I will be in the Bamaga area for three months from December 1. I am staying at the Croc Tent if anyone wants to say hi.

Dan

campdog

01-11-2007, 08:00 PM

Love the croc tent, is popeye the dog still there. Half your luck, couldnt think of a betterplace to spend 3 months,

campdog

11-11-2007, 07:30 AM

Just checking in,looks like everyone is pre occupied at the moment. Just had a four day visit from a couple we met on the tele track last year, just talking abut the trip has me wanting to go again.

campdog

14-11-2007, 06:12 PM

Hello, anyone at home?

highlift80

15-11-2007, 08:01 PM

RRRRRRRR yes hello

what's happened to batesy

hey batesy have you drawn my name out of that hat for that competition yet. who won???? the Honda gen set and engel fridge.

campdog

15-11-2007, 08:19 PM

RRRRRRRR yes hello

what's happened to batesy

hey batesy have you drawn my name out of that hat for that competition yet. who won???? the Honda gen set and engel fridge.
He must be busy,havent heard from ant either. things must be getting warmer in weipa by now.

batesy

15-11-2007, 08:47 PM

Howdy boys.

I am still around ... only just though. Feel like I'm melting away up here. It's balmy to say the least. Apparently we've got a cyclone hanging around somewhere, so the humidity is through the roof.

I don't know how to break this to ya, Highlift ... my misus won the fridge and generator!! You wouldn't bloody read about it would ya?!! Talk about coincidence!

Only joking of course.

We haven't actually drawn it yet. Ant is currently lining up a photo shoot at a 4wd outlet in Cairns. I'll let you know if you're the lucky bugger who wins it. Be nice to see one of you forum boys go home with the prize.

Only problem with you blokes winning is you'll expect the gennie to be filled with fuel and the fridge to be filled with beer!!

Catch ya next week, boys.

Hope you all are enjoying a mild southern summer ... bastards!

highlift80

16-11-2007, 02:02 PM

too right we do.

campdog

16-11-2007, 07:30 PM

Loving the summer, extra daylight and I can shovel and build gardens and rock gardens for my wife until 7.30 at night. Mate these brownie points are getting harder to earn the older I get.

xina

16-11-2007, 09:16 PM

Maybe I should have come here first. I posted a query on another site, but this one seems more active. Can you guys keep your eyes peeled for a Quoll with a Banded Tail when your up the Cape again please? If you can get at least one photo it would be great.
I have been trying to get Govt. Departments interested in finding this animal for about 20 years, with no success so far, until a few days ago, when I was given an address to make a submission to. So far, it is an animal "new to science". Their term.
I first saw it in 1984, on the East Coast near Temple Bay. One crossed the track in front of the vehicle. Slowly. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
A couple of weeks later, we had Cyclone Jim. One of them lived in a fourty-four on its' side for three or four weeks, and used to come out late in the afternoon to eat and drink from the dog bowls. Its' leg had been hurt, and it obviously couldn't hunt as normal, so it stayed with us 'till it was better.
sorry this is so drawn out, but I watched it from a distance of about 12ft. every day it was with us, so I know what I saw. I don't remember anything about the body, but I'll never forget that tail.
I'd appreciate any feedback. I hope to get back up there one of these days.
Thanks Guys,
xina.
P.S. Where are all the girls?

campdog

17-11-2007, 12:17 PM

The girls dont know about this site.yet. This where I go to escape my mrs.

Swanning_it

17-11-2007, 03:20 PM

Something tells me Highlift, there's no hope of you getting a sighting!!!!

A quoll is a small animal......

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Ian

campdog

17-11-2007, 07:57 PM

It doesnt have feathers.

xina

17-11-2007, 08:25 PM

Thanks you guys. I really envy you being able to go up so often. I only lived there for about 3 years, but it killed me to leave, and I still dream of going back to live, but I suppose I'll have to make do with a visit sometime. The country "Claims" you. I know I'll never really be happy anywhere else.
You never know what you're going to come across. I had an animal described to me by some-one who wasn't the best educated on the planet, and the animal he described, can only have been a Marsupial Tapir, which is supposed to be extinct. Unfortunately, I haven't sighted one myself, so I don't know how right he was. (By the way, what are Drop Bears please?) At least one other person is supposed to have sighted the Tapir.
Thanks for listening.(Reading I suppose.)
xina.

Swanning_it

18-11-2007, 05:06 PM

Xina,
You mentioned,

"the animal he described, can only have been a Marsupial Tapir"

The common scientific thought, that the marsupial Tapir died out 8 million years ago, and hasn't been seen since, doesn't sway you from that notion at all?

Drop Bears prey on, and attack you at night, purportedly by dropping from trees........but usually only after one has consumed a few too many Bundy Bears :)

Ian

batesy

18-11-2007, 05:39 PM

There is supposed to be a black panther around the Cooktown/Helenvale region. It's always been regarded as a tall story, but apparently the last fella that spotted it earlier in the year got a plaster of paris mold of its foot print.

I wonder if he drinks Bundy Rum? ... maybe he drinks COUGAR bourbon!!

campdog

18-11-2007, 06:07 PM

After a few night sessions at the Lions Den Hotel anything is possible.

Swanning_it

18-11-2007, 06:21 PM

Not being one to scoff at such a dire threat to camping as the Drop Bears present,
but I did find proof of the Bundy Bears complicity!

Click here to view the Bundy Drop Bear (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEQpUY_crc).

Ian

Swanning_it

18-11-2007, 06:26 PM

Xina,

Here's an informative site thats describes Drop Bears quite well (http://www.cfr.com.au/dropbears/).

Ian

TerryDavida

11-12-2007, 09:20 AM

Hi Dann,
It's Terry and Davida here. Have you set up well enough. How is it all going. Have you had any luck with the green python. If you can still get in to Bamaga, drop an email sometime and let us know how you are all going.
Cheers Terry and D

dann

11-12-2007, 10:34 AM

Hi Guys,

Unfortunatly I don't have your email handy so I will reply on this.

No green python yet! Lots of other goodies however. The camp is great. We are making regular trips to the Bamaga general store (AKA the rubbish tip) to get various housing materials so as to keep out the wet. The weather is beautiful, however Larendeenya isn't flowing and it is still too dry for the real snakie action.

Thank you for the water tanks etc and I will keep you posted.

Cheers,
Dan

xina

13-12-2007, 05:01 PM

Hi Swanning it,
Ever heard of the COELOCANTH? I like to keep an open mind.
xina.

campdog

13-12-2007, 05:07 PM

I was starting to wonder where everyone has gone. I suppose with chrismas and holidays soon theres other things to think about and do.
Me,I just cant get enough of the Cape.

xina

13-12-2007, 05:50 PM

Me too Campdog, I'm on every day to see what's new. Hope Ant made it back to Cairns OK.
xina.

ant

13-12-2007, 07:01 PM

Swanning_it

13-12-2007, 08:20 PM

Hi Swanning it,
Ever heard of the COELOCANTH? I like to keep an open mind.
xina.

Never heard of it Xina......but your point is well taken.

I wish you well on your Marsupial Tapir hunt. The world would be a lesser place but for uninhibited thought like you display! Though I do think a 1-2m fish swimming 100-200M deep is somewhat less conspicuous than a 2m x 1m animal foraging around in a long populated continent!

But I'd love to be proven wrong.

Ian

PS - I enjoy your tales of past Cape life.

xina

14-12-2007, 05:49 AM

[QUOTE=Swanning_it;2791]Never heard of it Xina......but your point is well taken.

Hi Swanning it,
Don't forget I've already seen an animal that no one else knows exists, and I used to smoke only tobacco.
xina.

campdog

15-12-2007, 12:13 PM

Hi Guys,
I am still here and have made it back to Cairns- unfortunately!
I am up to my head in layout for the Jan edition of Fish and Boat and won't really have any time until early next week. By this time, I will put up a post of my last trip and keep you all watering at the mouth. To keep it short, the freshwater fishing was some of the best I have experienced in the Cape. Can't wait to get back up there again in early Jan 08.
The best ill be doing is fishing for bass in the Macleay River west of Kempsey over christmas. Heading bush next friday for a week so it will be a very quiet christmas on the river bank, cant wait.

Swanning_it

19-12-2007, 06:58 AM

campdog

19-12-2007, 08:17 PM

Hey Campdog,

We're also heading bush down your way. Christmas at Chinchilla then out to Camerons Corner (weather permitting) and home via Broken Hill and a somewhere yet to be decided.........

Might see you, but I'm not sure I'd recognise you without water up to the door handles :)

Ian
I could always park in th Macleay River but when I did it a few years ago it cost a fortune, 1 starter motor, 1 alternator,1 clutch booster,2 head lights,1 video camera,new diff, gearbox and transfer case oil. stripped the nissan down to dry out, very lucky to get out as motor sucked in water, a very remote place with no one around for miles. and then done it again on the Cape, think ill stay out of the water a while.