Re: Ruins of settlement @ Escape Cliffs Cape Hotham NT
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:22 pm
I have been there. There is very little ruins there really. Nothing compared to the Victorian settlement at cobourg.
There is a few water Rusted steel riveted tanks, 1m2. There is the slab of the main hut in the pictures. It’s says it was 25m back from the cliffs but it’s 9 but it’s about 12 now.
Back in the day the cliffs were Visible from sea, but now covered over with mangroves.
We went from the creek. Wasn’t too far of a walk. We locked in the creek, we would have spent 2 hrs searching the ruins. Then proceeded to catch bugger all crabs or fish in the creek.
I think from memory it was around 4 m needed to get in and out. Seen a big arse croc there too.
Choppers land just on the other side of the creek and have a flick, so maybe there’s fish there sometimes.
There is a few water Rusted steel riveted tanks, 1m2. There is the slab of the main hut in the pictures. It’s says it was 25m back from the cliffs but it’s 9 but it’s about 12 now.
Back in the day the cliffs were Visible from sea, but now covered over with mangroves.
We went from the creek. Wasn’t too far of a walk. We locked in the creek, we would have spent 2 hrs searching the ruins. Then proceeded to catch bugger all crabs or fish in the creek.
I think from memory it was around 4 m needed to get in and out. Seen a big arse croc there too.
Choppers land just on the other side of the creek and have a flick, so maybe there’s fish there sometimes.