Planning 2008 trip

[MTpockets]

Hi everyone,
Just a quick intro as I start phase 2 of my research for our trip in July.
Our names are Les and Debbie and drive a 2003 Prado and live in Brisbane.
Heading to the Cape and then back to my old stomping grounds between Cairns ~ Etty Bay ~ Townsville and Mackay.
Catch up soon.
Cheers
Les

[Lushy]

Hi everyone,
Just a quick intro as I start phase 2 of my research for our trip in July.
Our names are Les and Debbie and drive a 2003 Prado and live in Brisbane.
Heading to the Cape and then back to my old stomping grounds between Cairns ~ Etty Bay ~ Townsville and Mackay.
Catch up soon.
Cheers
Les

Come with us in August leaving Vic on about the third - week up week back and 4 weeks on the cape get to love that!
lushy

[MTpockets]

Yeah I have changed our plans a bit to get up there in August since finding this forum.
Look forward to this bigtime. Life long dream.

[ddr]

Seems like its going to be a Migration to the top in Aug :)

[Lushy]

Yep we will be in a 1996 SURF, one short fatish 4 eyed answers to lushy and a tall and fat bloke answers to Grumpy, a bit hard to miss realy we are looking foreward to the trip, so much that the days dont go quick enough!

[MTpockets]

We will be in a 2003 Prado.
I traded my '92 Surf in on the Prado. 2 cracked heads saw to its demise.
Look out, white Prado on the loose.

[ddr]

Dad & I will be in 2 GU4 Patrols, kinda hard to miss up there since is sounds like everyone else will be in a Toyota ;)

[MTpockets]

Well we may have to have a register post of who will be where at what time, and maybe a meeting point as the event looms closer. 7.5 months sounds a long time, untill you remember what you did 7.5 months ago, and it wasn't all that long ago eh.....:rolleyes:

[extremelimitsoffroad]

Hi all

We will also be up in Aug 08.

We at this time have 5 vehicles

Hope to catch up

[Lushy]

Be happy to collate the meeting points myself, closer to the time I will ask all to give me their itenaries and will send it to all concerned so that we end up seeing each other somewhere on the Cape - MT re GPS'S get a unit like a Megellin that is more set up for tracks and stuff so that you can run say explore Oz type program. A tom tom is great foe normal gazzetted roads so it would be a unit that would work as long as you stayed on gazzetted tracks/roads.

[Lushy]

Alls good so far!

[Nedly]

G'day Guys, another candidate for the Cape in August 08.

As it stands at the moment we will be leaving Brisneyland 1st August for a 4 week trip.
I'll be travelling with my wife, Chris, and possibly in the company of a 3 or 4 other vehicles.
We're going this year to see the things we missed last year, and there's lots.
I'll be easy to spot, I drive a white '02 GU Patrol cab-chassis, in fact it's an ex-Telstra truck with a CapeYorker sticker on the windscreen.
I'll be on channel 13 during the trip.
Hope to see you all up there.

Les

[tolinja]

how can i get hold of a capeyorker sticker as well??
thanks
tony

[highlift80]

At this stage so far we are looking at going up around mid june to the end of july no real plan so far just worked out the dates will be going straight up to the tip then meandering our way back down taking our time checking everything we can out, I got a few friends to see on the way back down stopping in Cairns this great fella we know has offered up his yard for me to pitch my camper for night or 2.... good on ya Chris will also be stopping in Brisvegas and Yamba for a few days on the way back home.

[Nedly]

how can i get hold of a capeyorker sticker as well??
thanks
tony

G'day Tony,
Not that long ago I would have said you have to ask Batesy , these days you will need to speak to Ant.
Perhaps you should send him a PM.
He's a nice bloke, very free with fishing tips.
None of them have worked so far, but they're free :)

Les

[Nedly]

At this stage so far we are looking at going up around mid june to the end of july no real plan so far just worked out the dates will be going straight up to the tip then meandering our way back down taking our time checking everything we can out, I got a few friends to see on the way back down stopping in Cairns this great fella we know has offered up his yard for me to pitch my camper for night or 2.... good on ya Chris will also be stopping in Brisvegas and Yamba for a few days on the way back home.

Ah, Yamba, great place.
Caught some really nice flathead there over the years.
Had a few hangovers from the bowling club as well.

I'd be wary of that bloke in Cairns, bugga will probably give you a dodgy address.

June-July, pity we'll miss you.

[MTpockets]

A sticker sounds good :)

[campdog]

Ah, Yamba, great place.
Caught some really nice flathead there over the years.
Had a few hangovers from the bowling club as well.

I'd be wary of that bloke in Cairns, bugga will probably give you a dodgy address.

June-July, pity we'll miss you.

Yamba is about 4 hrs North of here, they say Woody Head and Iluka are OK. Cant believe in 28 years up here I havent been there yet.

[highlift80]

Yeah just going to Yamba to visit an old work mate he's a fitter works in one of the mines up near Cloncurry, We'll just be kicking back downing some coldies for a few days I imagine.