as the motivation for the development of the port at port douglas was to transport gold from the hodgkinson minerals area, in 1877 christie palmerston created the bump track which passed over the cassowary range from (present day) mowbray to (present day) julatten. coming from port douglas, the teamsters would camp at the base of the range at four mile (as craiglie was then known) before tackling "the bump". a village formed there to supply services needed by the teamsters, such as hotels, a blacksmith, a saddlery, and a butcher shop. the bump track was the only road access to port douglas until a coast road (now the captain cook highway) was built to cairns in 1933. today the mossman mount molloy road provides a range crossing from the captain cook highway at shannonvale/cassowary to julatten, and the bump track is no longer in use (except for bushwalking and mountain biking).