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Dear Birding Ausers
This tip was given to us by the rangers at Iron Range.
We were planning to fly into Lockhart River or to hire a 4wd out of Cairns, but
were advised to fly into Weipa and hire from there. The journey over to IR
is only about 4 hours. This has saved us heaps of money as the flight was
going to cost $500 plus per person. Provided you have Ansett frequent
flyer points you can fly to Weipa free as Ansett have a daily flight. 4wd
hire is about 140 per day ex Weipa (about $30 more than hiring out of
Cairns). As there are 4 of us making the trip we have saved over 2000
dollars on the flight into Lockhart River. We have also hired a weeks
accommodation at Portlands Road at 250 per person. That brings the total
to $495 per person for car hire and accom.
We are heading up in two weeks. Will post a full
trip report on my return.
Regards
Judith Hoyle
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