b'where we spent the night.Even with the park only just open-ing several fishermen were already well set up in the primecamping spots.We found a semi sheltered campsite in thedunes overlooking a small lagoon.A great spot for croc spot-ting we thought, but to no avail.Walking along the beach andwatching the glorious sunset concluded another great day.The tides were not in our favour to attempt driving to the pearlluggers memorial near the tip of the boulders of Cape Melvilleso the next morning we retraced our tracks down to theExit from Jeannie RiverWakooka homestead ruins then drove on to the KalpowerWith the assistance from the group of 7 cars and one towing a Crossing where we stopped for lunch and watched severalboat trailer that had just spent 4 hours getting over the cross- vehicles drive through the deep crocodile infested water.ing, we were winched out of the sandy river straight up a mas- Having washed our vehicles we then proceeded to thesive sandy hill.The usual exit was too badly rutted to even Rangers office at Lakefield in search of current information onattempt the 3-4 winch points to get through.Once we had all the state of the Running Creek track.The river at the end ofour cars winched up the hill, we called it a day and set up the track is impassable, were the words from the localcamp in the bush by the bank of the Jeannie River.The river Ranger. We could almost get to Port Stewart, but we wouldprovided a refreshing cool off before dinner. need to turn around at the Stewart River crossing, so our routeThe Starcke River track continued to be challenging with many for the next day would have to be modified!Heading towardsdeep washouts and jump ups. Howick River had a steep entry our camp at Hahn Crossing that night we stopped at the Whiteand exit and wild pigs fossicking in the muddy water. Many Lagoon but there were few birds.(Red Lagoon was closed)dry creeks were crossed before we finally climbed up Jones and the ruins of the Brezza homestead was dominated by aGap where we had a great view of the red sandstone huge old mango tree. We were thankful that the wind subsidedescarpment of the Altanmoui Range, topped with massive as the evening progressed.Camping right beside the river,hoop pine trees. we watched several boats launch and return with no fish.Approaching the Wakooka homestead we passed by several Freshwateryabbies were being caught in pots.lagoons with straw necked ibis and again destructive evidenceof wild pigs. Little remained of the old homestead.The 42km track to Cape Melville had only opened at thebeginning of August.While it had been cleared of fallen treesand other foliage damage due to cyclone, the track was rut-ted, often very sandy and had many creek crossings (wet anddry).There was a large swampy area behind the beach area On the beach at Cape Melvillewhich we had to cross in order to access Crocodile CampExit from Jeannie River 24 MARCH2020 TRACKWATCH'