ARCHER POINT NTH QUEENSLAND

[Derek Bullock]

Hi Major-defect i was just woundering can you still walk all the way out on the reef there at the low tide ?? can you fish there im planing a trip that way in november, whats the camp area like?
THANKS Craig

That was one of the good things about the place, being able to walk the reef. Not sure but I was once told it is one of the very few places where the reef comes to the shore.

I was there at a time of zero tides and my mate was an avid shell collector, in fact he had one of the best shell collections in Australia, and we collected many shells from the area.

The other thing you could do was find pools at low tide and hand spear coral trout.

Marvelous place.

[crab man]

hi derek yeah if you can still walk out the reef ill visit there for sure !! sounds beautiful
Craig

[paul blyth]

Hi Derek,

Thank you for your reply, and I do appreciate the fact that it is now 40 years since Clive started his dream at Lakeland. I guess I should say, that "I should have listened more, when I was young and then I would know more of the answers now."

Anyway, Thank you for your time and your courtesy to reply

Cheers

Paul

[Alan TSV]

We spent the last four days at Archer Point. Very nice spot. Windy, yes.

The whole area is great for camping with heaps of places to get away from the normal crowds.

The beaches had a lot of rubbish on them, mainly plastics from boats, not fisherman.

We picked up about 100 litres of plastic and removed it from the little beach we claimed for the four days.

Attached are a couple of pictures of the jetty for Derek.

Cheers

Alan

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[the lobster]

Can anyone tell me where I can find info on the camping area at Archer Point? There's nothing on the QLD Park and Wildlife / EPA site. Is it managed by the QLD government? Is it possible to book, or do you just turn up?

Any info would be appreciated.

thanks a lot

matt

[Blackened]

G'day

Where is this place?

Dave

[Alan TSV]

Just turn up and pick a spot. No facilities. Fantastic spot. You are only about 30k from Cooktown.

Cheers

Al

[major-defect]

No booking in or anything just find a spot out of the wind a bit.It seems to be windy there all the time but that keeps the temperature down a bit.