Fishing around the north has been pretty slack. To be honest I haven't put my heart into it yet. I've had about four shy attempts to wet a line but either the weather or other pressing trips have kept it on the back burner.
This shot is one of me fishing at Archer Point, a light house located about 30 kilometeres south of Cooktown. It was reported to be very beautiful and believe me it lived up to it's reputation. The day we visited,we spent about 3 hours there with 30 to 40 knot winds. It is scenic without any village or settlement. This shot shows an old jetty I believe was used to load cattle onto freighters. Now abandoned. No fish here though, to bloody windy.











Lighthouse on Windy Hill in Cooktown. How Captain James Cook missed seeing it is beyond me, it stands out like the proverbial.
Cooktown is going ahead in leaps and bounds. Real estate has gone crazy. Typical house are now costing 370 - 450 thousand and buildings are going up every where. (Airlie Beach 1970 style)






Historic Lion's Den Hotel. Now does a great trade with the travellers who come up via the Cape Tribulation road. We spent 3 days on the Cape Trib road. No real problems for a two wheel vehicle as long as it is dry. Passed many of them on the trip. We visited a friend (Peter Kelly) near Cow bay, south of Cape Tribulation. Susan could have spent a month in the tropical rain forests between Daintree and Wujal Wujal. Photos of this in the previous blog .





Here Peter Kelly shows Susan his drilling rig. It's parked for repair at Thornton's Beach. The third highest mountain in Queensland, Thornton's Peak is in the back ground.