Page 12 - Cape York 2014

Day 12 pick up another two couple at Cairns adjacent to the pub, where Adam
Caravan park and finally the proceeded to set up trestles and
his is Day 1 of our Heritage remainder of the guests from one or chairs then lays out the bread and
TTours Cape York Adventure. two hotels. fillings for us to make our own
We are up around 04:30, have sandwiches. It’s not long before it
breakfast and pack everything away ll onboard and the driver clicks with everyone that this is the
ready to put the van into the storage A(Adam) introduces himself and norm for the tour, so it is all hands
compound, I need to get the manager encourages us to introduce ourselves on deck to pack everything away
out of bed to open the gate to the around the bus, he then advises us after lunch.
compound, then with our bags, (Oh that unfortunately we wont be able to
and wine casks - no bottles allowed) transverse the Bloomfield track due
in readiness we await the arrival of to adverse weather conditions (it was t is early afternoon when we arrive
our tour vehicle. We are getting a bit too wet), so its the Captain Cook Iin Cooktown so we have time to
worried, around half hour late at Highway, stopping at the Lions Den have a walk around before dinner at
06:40, we are first on, then its off to Hotel for lunch, well the grassed area a restaurant near our motel.

Clockwise from above: Adam prepares our first lunch; sign for the”Lighthouse; Statue of Cook; The bus outside the Cooktown
accommodation; The Lions Den Hotel