{"id":508,"date":"2017-12-09T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=508"},"modified":"2017-12-08T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:42:00","slug":"two-epic-weeks-in-the-cape-for-1500-part-1-of-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/two-epic-weeks-in-the-cape-for-1500-part-1-of-8\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPE YORK ON A BUDGET \u2013 Part 1 of 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TWO EPIC WEEKS IN THE CAPE FOR $1500!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We prove that your tropical top-end adventure doesn\u2019t have to send you broke<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re dreaming of visiting Cape York at some stage in the near future. As Australia\u2019s most popular big-trip destination, the Cape really does have it all. Remoteness, tough 4WDing, incredible camping, crystal-clear swimming holes, cracking fishing and some of the best bush pubs you\u2019ll ever come across are all up in the Peninsula for the exploring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thing is, it\u2019s easy to be put off by a perceived need for tens of thousands of bucks in the bank before you head up north. Sure, it\u2019s a bloody long way from anywhere, unless you happen to live in Weipa or Coen \u2013 and even then it\u2019s still a decent haul. Truth is, once you\u2019re up in Cairns you can definitely do the Cape on the cheap, without missing out on any of the best bits. If you\u2019re heading up for the first time this year or planning an adventure sometime in the next coupla years, we\u2019ve put together this guide to how to see the best bits of the Cape in a fortnight, with a $1500 budget from Cairns to the Tip and return. If timeframes and budgets are tight (and they are for all of us) then we\u2019ll show you how to save time money the whole way.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all entirely possible with our insider tips from locals and 4WDers who travel the Cape year after year!<\/span><\/p>\n

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DAY 1: CAIRNS TO ARCHER POINT<\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Leaving Cairns early, you\u2019ve got a choice of taking either the CREB Track (if it\u2019s open \u2013 check the Douglas Shire Council road conditions website) or the equally-scenic but always-open Bloomfield Track. You\u2019ll travel up through the beautiful towns of Daintree, Cape Tribulation (if you go up the Bloomfield) and Wujal Wujal before coming across the iconic Lion\u2019s Den Hotel. Stop for a coldie and a stubby cooler and then cruise on up the road a bit more to the turn-off to Archer Point. Camping is on the stunning beach at Archer Point \u2013 turn right at the bins to find shelter amongst the dunes if it\u2019s windy (which it nearly always is).<\/span><\/p>\n

Distance travelled: 250km<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rough fuel cost: $70<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Camping fees for the night: $0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To be continued\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TWO EPIC WEEKS IN THE CAPE FOR $1500! We prove that your tropical top-end adventure doesn\u2019t have to send you broke You\u2019re dreaming of visiting Cape York at some stage in the near future. As Australia\u2019s most popular big-trip destination, the Cape really does have it all. Remoteness, tough 4WDing, incredible camping, crystal-clear swimming holes,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}