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 […]
Fruit Bat, Eliot and Twin Falls, Cape York
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 […]
Chili Beach, Iron Range National Park
There are two things to know about Chili Beach. Wind and Coconuts. In that order. It was blowing a gale whilst we were there but apparently that is the norm. No place […]
Musgrave, Cohen and Archer River
Musgrave and Archer River are a couple of roadhouses on the peninsular development road that you pass through whilst heading north towards the tip of Cape York. There’s some interesting history around […]
Cape Melville National Park
Onto our first remote bush camp for our North Queensland trip – Cape Melville National Park. We took the dodgy 4WD track north of Cooktown that follows the coast directly to Cape […]
Cooktown, Queensland
Cooktown is of course the location where Captain Cook beached his ship for repairs in 1770. We camped on the side of the road on the way to Cooktown and ended up […]
