Road to the Cape

Grumpy Old Man · Member

Road to the Cape

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

The road is sealed to Laura and after that is just another wide, graded road like many others in Australia.
Many people tow caravans to the tip.

The road condition varies with the weather and with the traffic. It is graded regularly, so it does depend a lot on luck.
One method of getting a nice smooth run north is to time your run with the opening of the road to "all traffic". That generally means that it has dried out after the wet and the first grading is completed.
Coming south you will likely find some sections corrugated.

This might be considered "typical".

There is lots of great country to explore up there, so allow plenty of time......

Cheers,

Peter

bill12 · Guru

Did the road last week, and it was good , but dusty, up to the Weipa turnoff, but bad with corugations after that. Fuel gets more expensive as you go north, and was $2.45 a litre at the Jardine ferry.Make sure everything is tight and check as you stop. Broke the axle on the boat trailer on the way back, but fixed it at the Archer River roadhouse, Great service. Caught some great fish. Bill

kirraweebob · Veteran Member

very interesting comments. Guess I will come back here a little closer to when we plan to leave for the tip - about mid-April next.

petersumpters · Veteran Member

So it may be wise to check with the locals before attempting it.

Oma · Guru

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