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TRIP REPORT: Lakefield National Park - June 2010

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    Lakefield National Park, QLD

    Earlier this week, my girlfriend and I made the trek into Lakefield National Park for a quick camping and fishing trip.

    Lakefield is one of Queensland’s most remote and magnificent national parks. Lakefield’s outstanding feature is a vast river system creating the wetlands area of permanent waterholes, lakes and lagoons for which the park is particularly renowned. In the wet season, the Normanby, Morehead and North Kennedy rivers and their tributaries break their banks and combine to cover vast areas and sheets of water. In the dry season, they shrink back to a trickle, leaving behind the permanent lakes and lagoons that characterise the park.

    On advice from friends, we chose the Orange Plain campsite located at the top of the park. We towed the boat and the drive up took just over seven hours with stops. The highlight of the trip was my girlfriend catching her first ever barramundi. Unfortunately, I lost a good sized barra when it cut the mono trace right at the side of the boat (see video)! This time of year, the water cools down which, in turn, makes the fish go off the bite. Therefore, if you are heading all that way just for the fishing, I would recommend to go earlier in the year once the park opens after the wet season (April/May) or later on once it warms up (September).

    The campsite has no facilities so you need to be totally self-sufficient. We took all our own food, fuel, water (over 100lt) and mechanical/recovery equipment for the vehicle. It is a fantastic site and very secluded in comparison to the popular Kalpower & Hann Crossing sites. Highly recommended!

    Highlights video here -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP2_M4OPWyQ

    Map here -

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    Re: TRIP REPORT: Lakefield National Park - June 2010

    Looks like a nice quiet place. Good video you put together too.

    You almost have justification for a winch there, for hauling that tinnie up the banks. :wink:
    Cheers, Wayne

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    • #3
      Re: TRIP REPORT: Lakefield National Park - June 2010

      Folks,

      Great video looks like you had a fantastic time. What sort of software did you use to do the video?

      Regards, Richo.
      [B]Former [/B]Party Leader, [B]Now[/B] SDO SEQLD GTG 2015 PFA (Pradopoint Fairy Advisor)
      [B]Bitumen - A Blatant Waste of Taxpayers Money[/B]

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      • #4
        Re: TRIP REPORT: Lakefield National Park - June 2010

        Hi guys,

        Thanks for the feedback!

        I used Apple's iMovie software to create the video. It is is packaged for free as part of the iLife software suite on all Apple Mac computers.

        http://www.apple.com/au/ilife/imovie/

        The software is extremely easy to use and compatible with the majority of camcorders.

        Regards,

        Scott

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        • #5
          Re: TRIP REPORT: Lakefield National Park - June 2010

          Great Vid of what looked like a very relaxing trip.

          I was going to mention the same thing re the winch
          Cheers, Leon
          There's no such thing as a wrong turn... it's just the scenic route!
          1998 VX Grande 95... gone, 2008 GXL 120... almost gone... 2017 GXL 150... blank canvas
          Optix Photographix

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          • #6
            great vid - looking forward to making the trip
            Damien
            2003 GXL
            2014 GX

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            • #7
              Lakefield NP is one of my favourite places. We've been there a few times now. Our first time there was mainly to see crocodiles, and we weren't let down.... We saw a lot. The camping experience there is great and you can go for long walks along dry sandy river beds between bodies of water. We've camped at 12 Mile Waterhole more than anywhere else there as its our favourite & quite a versatile place. We chose it the first time we went because it was the most remote, was highly recommended in a Cape York book we had & just fell in love with it. Plenty of large cleared (and semi shaded) camp sites along the Normanby River. Spot crocs from your camp chair if you remain quite and still. The moment they spot you or hear a sound they disappear under the water without even disturbing the surface and you won't see them again until you leave the bank for a while and then come back. Plenty of wild pigs and wild cattle roam the bush. We've checked out most of the waterholes. Kennedy Bend had the biggest croc we've seen in Lakefield. It was about 5.5m. Huge! Got it on film from an elevated bank when it was sliding into the water and it disappeared for 3 or 4 seconds before it surfaced again to climb up another bank. We couldn't get over the size of this thing and it looked like it was too big for the narrow stretch of waterhole it was in. The camp sites there were ordinary though so not worth booking there. Right next to Battle Camp Rd. And on the western side so you cop all the dust from passing cars drifting over from the permanent south easterly. And if you woke up during the night and wandered 10 meters in the wrong direction in the dark you'll drop 3 meters down the vertical bank into the drink. Horse Shoe Lagoon looked the most risky if you camped in tents haha. Awesome place Lakefield is but. I'll keep going there again and again and again to explore and enjoy the relaxation.
              2005 120 series V6 Grande, 2 inch susp lift (King/EFS combo), 32 inch MT’s, Safari Snorkel, rear diff lock, breathers, Light Force spotlights, UHF, dual batteries.

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              • #8
                Thanks for the report Scotto. We will probably be there around early June this year. Is access normally still difficult after the wet by then?

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