Prong Trimble shows off his hand-built Harley Davidson – which features a thumping 1650cc engine – at the 2024 Cape York Automotive Muster on Saturday. Photo: Lyndon Keane.
Four-wheel drives, utes and motorbikes roared into the Cooktown Discovery Festival as their owners vied for Cape York Automotive Muster bragging rights on 15 June.
Entrants participated in the festival’s grand parade before lining Charlotte Street for judging in the seven muster categories on offer.
Event organiser Lauren Bowyer, whose personal vehicle, Voodoo Queen, returned for 2024 with an unmissable vivid pink camouflage wrap, said the muster would “definitely” be back for a fourth time next year.
“It’ll definitely be back in 2024,” she said.
“There’s a couple of young fellas who have come all the way from Bamaga, so that just shows how much it’s growing.
“[Voodoo Queen] definitely stands out now; I’ve got a bit of a thing for pink as you can tell, and a bit of the thing for camo.”
Prong Trimble entered his stunning, hand-built Harley Davidson, a 1650cc beast living in a 1972 frame, in the Best Motorcycle class and said he was thrilled to see the event growing each year, adding the crowd reaction to the motorbikes in the grand parade made the effort worthwhile.
“It’s good to see Lauren’s event sort of going bigger and bigger,” he said.
“They (the crowd) just love seeing the bikes.”
The category winners of the event were:
Best Motorcycle: Donald Boneham 1, Prong Trimble 2; Best Ladies Rig: Sandra Bernardo 1, Debbie Watkinson 2; Best Classic 4×4 Rig: Luke Nadredre 1, Martin Watkinson 2; Best Classic Car: Jason Lukic 1, Ray Irvin 2; Best Flex: Reece Peters 1, Jesse Long 2; Roughest Rig: Jesse Long 1, Neville Pratt 2; Best Souped-Up Rig/Car: Jason Lukic 1, Luke Nadredre; Best in Show: Cody Hocking 1, Ray Irvin 2
Cape York Automotive Muster entrants turned heads when they took part in the Cooktown Discovery Festival grand parade on 15 June. Photo: Lyndon Keane.
