Aussie Iron
Explorer
My sister (Candy) arrived Friday night. We spent Saturday morning building a boat rack for her Canter so we could take a second tinny along. This would be picked up at my brothers place in Townsville. Leaving Gladstone Saturday afternoon we spent the night at Mackay , traveled on to Townsville in the morning (To pick up my brother in his Mitsubishi Triton and the tinny) and then on to Cairns the next day. Here we collected my nephew in his Mitsubishi Challenger for a few days up the track.
Leaving Cairns we traveled up the Bloomfield Track to the beginning of the Zig Zag Track.The climb up the range to the start of the Zig Zag Track was not really expected but certainly was good and we climbed for just over 5 minutes in 1st gear low range. The Zig Zag Track is narrow, winding with creek and river crossings and a few good climbs.In the wet it would also have a few swampy areas to be crossed. Camp site for the first night was along side the upper reaches of the Bloomfield River where it crossed the track.
Sorry for the Video quality, it turned out to be the wrong direction to the sun so there is quite a bit of Sun bloom on it.
This is the climb in its entirety.
Here is part 1 of the track.
Then part 2.
Dan.
Leaving Cairns we traveled up the Bloomfield Track to the beginning of the Zig Zag Track.The climb up the range to the start of the Zig Zag Track was not really expected but certainly was good and we climbed for just over 5 minutes in 1st gear low range. The Zig Zag Track is narrow, winding with creek and river crossings and a few good climbs.In the wet it would also have a few swampy areas to be crossed. Camp site for the first night was along side the upper reaches of the Bloomfield River where it crossed the track.
Sorry for the Video quality, it turned out to be the wrong direction to the sun so there is quite a bit of Sun bloom on it.
This is the climb in its entirety.
Here is part 1 of the track.
Then part 2.
Dan.