{"id":512,"date":"2017-12-10T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=512"},"modified":"2017-12-08T16:41:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:41:34","slug":"cape-york-on-a-budget-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/cape-york-on-a-budget-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPE YORK ON A BUDGET – Part 2 of 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong>This is part of a series of articles about how to have TWO EPIC WEEKS IN THE CAPE FOR $1500! If you haven\u2019t read the first part we recommend heading back to Part 1 and reading through for an absolute cracker of a time up in wild and wonderful Far North Queensland!<\/p>\n

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DAY 2: ARCHER POINT TO ELIM BEACH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s an opportunity to go for a run up into the incredible coastal inlet of Cooktown. Restock on any supplies needed and brim up the fuel tank before heading up to the famous Elim Beach and the coloured sand dunes. This is a privately-run campground right on the water. It\u2019s also the kind of spot you could easily park up for a week and kick back in your Adventure Kings Swag<\/a> or Adventure Kings Rooftop Tent<\/a> at, but if you\u2019re on a tight time-frame then one night\u2019s better than none!<\/p>\n

Distance travelled: 80km<\/p>\n

Rough fuel cost: $30<\/p>\n

Camping fees for the night: $10\/person per night, kids under 12 free<\/p>\n

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DAY 3: ELIM BEACH TO KALPOWAR CROSSING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lakefield National Park is one of the most scenic spots up the Cape, and that\u2019s saying something! In the space of an hour you can go from crossing creeks, to savannah grasslands, to full-blown wetlands with acres of huge flowers blooming. Today\u2019s an easy run up into Kalpowar Crossing campground, which is roughly halfway up the Park. There\u2019s cold showers and a dunny block if you want to wash a bit of dust off, or you could use your Adventure Kings Shower Kit<\/a>\u00a0or your Kings Portable Camp Toilet<\/a> and there\u2019s good fishing to be had off the causeway, but be warned \u2013 there\u2019s big resident salties down there most days.<\/p>\n

Distance travelled: 300km<\/p>\n

Rough fuel cost: $80<\/p>\n

Camping fees for the night: $6\/ person per night<\/p>\n

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DAY 4: KALPOWAR CROSSING TO PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning\u2019s run up through the top half of Lakefield runs through some absolutely epic grassy plains that stretch for more than 10km, littered with termite mounds the entire way. You\u2019ll quickly come to the intersection of the PDR (Peninsula Development Road, the main dirt road up the middle of the Cape York Peninsula), at Musgrave Roadhouse. Top up the tank here and shoot about 80km north on the PDR to the Port Stewart turn-off (well signposted). It\u2019s an easy hour\u2019s cruise east out to Princess Charlotte Bay, camping at Bathurst Head right on the stunning beach.<\/p>\n

Distance travelled: 200km<\/p>\n

Rough fuel cost: $60<\/p>\n

Camping fees for the night: $6\/person per night<\/p>\n

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

This is part of a series of articles about how to have TWO EPIC WEEKS IN THE CAPE FOR $1500! If you haven\u2019t read the first part we recommend heading back to Part 1 and reading through for an absolute cracker of a time up in wild and wonderful Far North Queensland! \u00a0 DAY 2:…<\/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\/512"}],"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=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}