Cape York - Monday 22/8/11

Got up late this morning 7.30am - coffee with bacon & eggs for breakfast.  Boris made some new friends at Rifle Creek, but doesn't realise his own strength - went charging off to say hello to another dog and broke the rope he was tied up with.  I'd swear if Boris wasn't along for the ride, we; the inside of the camper & our bed would be alot cleaner!  I think Boris needs a bath....  If he wasn't with us though, we'd miss him.
After all the rough dirt roads we travelled on, Craig decided it was time to start doing his morning car maintenance, then we packed up and were on the road toward Mossman by 9am.
Travelled through the Daintree and across the Daintree River on the barge, then of course we missed the turnoff to Cape Tribulation.  Drove on into the Daintree Village to pickup some mouthwash to help  rid me of my absus.  Stopped at the little park there and filled up the water tank with the sweet Daintree water and Craig noticed our back tyres had lost a little bit of air, so pumped them up while we were there.
10.51am on our way back to the Cape Trib turnoff and we didn't miss it this time.  It's a pretty drive through Cape Trib, just not our cup of tea to stay there. Through Cape Trib and we hit the Bloomfield Track, we don't remember it being this rough the last time we travelled on it, mind you it was 7 years ago....  A bit challenging in places, extremely steep ascents & decents over the Donavan Range & Cowie Range, but the boy was happy with the drive today - much more interesting then driving on the black top.
Crossed the Bloomfield River, it's such a beautiful river, turned right after some discussion (no signs) toward the Lions Den Hotel.  A few creek crossing today along the way and all were very pretty.
Arrived at the Lions Den Hotel about 2pm and we plan to camp here tonight (it's got grass!).  Firstly a cold drink at the bar and a wonder around inside to look at all the paraphernalia they have hanging from the ceiling and on the walls.  We left one of Craig's business cards on the wall last time we called in, but couldn't find it, haha.  Booked our campsite (no power), they have toilets, showers, dogs allowed, campfires in specific spots, meals served at the pub.  it's a great spot.

Found a nice spot down beside the Mungumby Creek to camp for the night, setup, made lunch - but during the process of getting stuff out of the fridge a gust of wind blew up and the fridge door smacked closed on my head - again ouch!!!  Had lunch and chatted to some other campers.  Craig has taken Boris for a walk down to the creek, maybe he'll toss Boris in the creek, he's getting very dirty.


It is blowing a gail here at the Lions Den Hotel, it's surprising, but it has been windy all day.  It's nice to stop early, time to relax, have a chat, get dinner ready without Craig "helping".  Only did 197Klms today.
We were a bit concerned today, the further north we came the sky became overcast, even now there are some menacing looking clouds & considering we didn't bring any awnings with us, we don't really want any rain!
Had some creatures hopping around camp last night - rabbits or some sort of tree kangaroo we think.