The night after we arrived was the State of Origin final game, so we booked into the RSL Club for dinner and football, and we arranged to be picked up by the RSL courtesy bus so we could all have a drink. We had two traitors with us, Lorraine and Margaret, so the rest of us were little blue people in a sea of maroon! I'd bought Trevor a Blues polo shirt, which he proudly wore, but to no avail - the Blues let us down, and Qld scored a well-deserved victory. The evening cost us a fortune: bottles of bubbly were $30 each (and we had 3) and the boys did have a drink or two. But the best part was my delicious crayfish mornay, and Trev had American style ribs, which were so big that he shared with our group. Yum!
Next day we drove two of our vehicles into Cape Tribulation to get a feel for some of the types of roads we would be travelling on up to the tip of Cape York. We stopped at the beautiful Bloomfield Falls, took some photos, then carried on through some challenging tracks and a couple of small water crossings into Cape Trib. We ate at Mason's Cafe, where Trev and I tried the sample plate of roo, croc and emu sliders. I have to say they were overpriced and underwhelming. The rest of our crew decided to head back to camp, while we went for a quick dip in the swimming hole at the back of the restaurant. It, too, was disappointing. It was a very difficult, slippery and rocky climb down into the pool, which was murky and not too pretty. But at least it was cool and wet.
We caught up with Bill, Lorraine, Danny and Margaret at the Lion's Den Hotel on the way back to Cooktown. It's a quirky pub with a lot of character, and has camping available onsite. After a couple of drinks, it was back to Cooktown to prepare for our assault on 'The Tip'.
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