Camper Trailer Australia — December 2017

grenading the transfer cases.

Once up and out of the Daintree we found

ourselves on Battle Camp Road. For those

not familiar with the road, it links between

the east coast communities of Cooktown and

Hope Vale through to Musgrave Roadhouse

in the centre of the peninsula. The road

itself is 240km entirely on dirt but varies

drastically as you travel along its length. The

start is winding elevations as we cross the

Great Dividing Range, weaving our way up

and down mountain ranges the Spirit proved

compliant and stable, maintaining composure

dodging wayward wildlife and surprise creek

crossings as they found us.

With corrugations and high-speed dirt

conquered, the next real test for the Spirit

was the Old Tele Track itself. We bypassed

the lower half to suit some of the trailers on

the adventure but re-joined the iconic track

where it and Bamaga Road cross paths. With

the Spirit in tow we pointed our spotlights

north through the murky waters of Scrubby

"THE MARS SPIRIT PROVED YOU DON’T NEED

ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES TO GET OUT

THERE AND EXPLORE AUSTRALIA"

Thetford three-burner stove was

more than enough to keep the

whole crew well fed on

multiple nights

One of the Cape's more genteel river crossings

Official “monkeys on the bed”
testing returned positive results