Having completed our ‘trip to the tip’, it’s time to look at the statistics and give people an idea of how far we travelled, how much we spent and how many days we took. The distance from Lakeland on Cape York where we left our caravan, to the very tip of Queensland at Pajinka was… Read More Driving to the Tip of Cape York – The Stats
As we leave Alau Beach and begin the drive back from the tip we notice a whole lot more of lost bits and pieces that have fallen off peoples cars, caravans or campers. We see more tiedowns, a mop, a tyre, more solar panels and assorted dust covered metal fragments.
Our next stop was Loyalty Beach, another planned stay to make sure that we were here on a Sunday night, their famous fish and chip night! We can choose to set up wherever we like, so we select another beachfront position with just the white beach, turquoise sea and palm trees in front of us.
Way back in our planning for this trip to the northernmost tip of mainland Australia, we made the decision to book a two night stay at Punsand Bay, the closest campground to the tip. Our reason for this was so that we would have a couple of opportunities to visit the tip if weather or… Read More Driving to the tip of Australia – Part 3 (We Love Punsand Bay)
Our drive to the tip continued with a mix of bitumen and dirt roads. We notice how the roadside plants on one side are caked in red dirt as the dust gets blown then settles to one side of the road. Everything is red tinged.
It’s been a long time between blogs but with good reason, as we have been off on an adventure to reach the tip of Cape York, Australia’s most northerly mainland point. It was an epic journey, the hardest we’ve ever done. We did it over 12 days and still by no means saw everything, but… Read More We Made It to the Tip of Cape York and Back!
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