After diving from Cairns we headed to Port Douglas where we had a fishing charter booked in. We got to Port Douglas in the evening and camped up by some sugar cane […]
Port Douglas Fishing Charter
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a camping trip of ridiculous proportions
Great Barrier Reef Diving
Back to Cairns we go to spend more time in the region after we passed through on our way up the cape. Coming from Normanton we drove through the Atherton Table lands […]
Normanton, Queensland
We took off early from Karumba so we’d get to spend the day in Normanton. It’s a short 70km trip down the road so we got to Normanton pretty early with the […]
Karumba, Queensland
After many weeks of dirt roads and 4WD tracks we were finally back on some bitumen as we approached Karumba. It would be bitumen for the remainder of our trip so time […]
Heading Back South From The Tip
Well we’ve reached the climax of our Cape York trip with a visit to the tip and a day trip to Thursday Island. Now it’s time to come back down from those […]
Thursday Island, Torres Straight
Joe needed many beers to fuel the energy he needed as he struggled with the fire, continuously tending to it and splitting wet wood with his knife to get it to burn […]
Somerset, Cape York Peninsular
Somerset is an abandoned settlement near the tip of Cape York established by the Jardine Family (namesake of the Jardine River) in 1863 to provide a presence in the Cape York area, […]
The Tip of Cape York, Queensland
We made it! The northernmost point of the Australian mainland. And we snuck in for a photo just before the hoards of elderly rocked up by the bus load. They come in […]
Punsand Bay, Cape York Peninsular
Don’t worry about cooking dinner. Check out the huge black lip oysters we found at Punsand Bay. Finally after weeks of searching we found some decent sized black lips. These oysters are […]
Seisia and Bamaga, Cape York, Queensland
The pub at Bamaga was closed when we first cruised through so after Mutee Head we went back to Bamaga to sneak in a quick beer at the pub. Then to the […]
Mutee Head, Cape York Peninsular
Mutee Head is a rocky headland and beach to the west of the tip of Cape York. We stayed there for a couple of nights to do some fishing. Joe walked up […]
Jardine River and Umagico, Cape York
After spending a few hours at Fruit Bat Falls, Eliot Falls and Twin Falls we raced up to complete the rest of the old telegraph track and catch the Jardine River ferry […]
Fruit Bat, Eliot and Twin Falls, Cape York
After conquering Frenchmans Track and fixing ourselves up at Captain Billy’s Landing we continued north on the old telegraph track towards the tip of Cape York. It was getting late so we […]
Captain Billy’s Landing, Heathlands Reserve, Cape York
Captain Billy’s Landing is a spot in Cape York named after an aboriginal from the 1800’s who called himself Captain Billy. It was the site of an experimental cattle export venture during […]
Frenchmans Track, Cape York
We decided to take Frenchmans Track out from Iron Range National Park. It’s a very rough off road track that is notoriously difficult. We weren’t sure whether we should tackle it being […]
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