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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...

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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 for fishing – cast into that head...

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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 on our own but...

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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 the 1960’s...

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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 camped up on...

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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 the beach to look for the elusive black lip oyster...

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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 highly prized...

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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 every day on these big 4WD trucks...

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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, help open up the...

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The Finest Art – Wrecks of Cape York

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