So we decided to scout the track with the ATVs.
From this point on there is no turnaround points for the large boat. So if we drive
in, there is no going back. Not so bad so far. We might be able to get through here
after all. But then we get to this. You wait there, Simon. I'll go first, eh?
Gees, this one looks a bit deep. I don't think I want to go through there. He's going to
get a wet ass. Yeah, he's getting a wet ass. Yuck.
That's a bit deep, mate. You ain't gettin' through there, Simon. No way.
No, I'm not going through there. I reckon the quad bike would drown in there.
Maybe there's a side track. Just have a look. Might be able to take that one, eh?
Yeah, I'm going to have a look at it. I reckon I'll get through this first bit, just not
that last bit.
Slow down a bit. Get a bit of traction.
I think you're stuck. That's it. We're never going to get a vehicle through there. That's
just like soup. It ain't happening, eh? Like, that's fine there. But if we cut off into
this swamp area. Yeah, that's not happening.
It just ain't gonna happen. You've got to stay on this hard packed stuff. Is this the
deep one? No, oh hell no. There's normally no water
here. It's normally a little bit wet, but there's normally no water here.
So there's normally no water here. Like you say, we'd probably get the cars to here.
Yeah, but we've got to get to the beach. All right, let's keep going, mate.
A bit more, a bit more.
We decide to push on anyway. And sure enough, the next crossing looks even deeper.
Is this it, mate? Is this the one? This is it.
So this looks like the go, eh? So this is the deep one that went over the bonnet of
the old Patrol. That's her. Looks like it's up a bit too.
All right, well the only way we're going to test it is if we walk it.
There could be crocs in there, mate. Was it you that was telling me that local
blokes that go piggin' around here... Yep, they reckon every water hole in these
sand dunes, there's a resident croc living in it.
Doesn't even look like croc country. I know, but that's what they said to me. I've
heard it a couple of times now over the years. I hate that. Well, you know what we're going
to have to do, don't you? Let you go first?
50/50 chance. No, no. 50/50 chance, mate. We're getting close to the coast too. It's
only just over that hill there. Go and get a stick. Make sure your clip's
off your knife. And I'll push you in front. Thanks, mate.
Come on, let's go.
No, that's deep.
Oh, mate, mate. I don't know about that. Yeah, it gets a bit shallow up here. It's
just like a bit hole, isn't it? Yeah, no. Forget it.
Look it's not, it's not just the water. Quietly, its not just the water. It's the trees.
I reckon we'll spend half a day just trimming that first section just trying to get that
big boat through. It's so high. It's painful. Hey Jase. You're not really going to leave
without trying to get that buggy through here, are you?
Yeah, look, come on. We've gotta give her a go.
You gotta give it a whirl. Yeah, come on. Oi, you gotta sit in with me.
Yeah, let's do it. Okay, jump in, mate. We've got a snorkel.
Go, baby, go! Well that was a bit of fun in the buggy. It
would drown the trucks. We both know what this means. Until this track is dried out,
there is no way of getting to Cape Flattery.