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Sunday 24th July Cape York - To The Tip!

Not your usual suburban Sunday trip to The Tip to offload some household cast-offs, but to the Tip of Australia, Cape York. First stop on the road was the Croc Tent, a facility with an interesting history, run by an enterprising family. They have lots of info about the Cape which they’re happy to share – also some off-beat souvenirs to buy if you want! The Croc Tent is only 17kms from The Tip, but it took us almost an hour to get there as the road beyond this point is quite rough. Also we stopped for lots of photos! Having reached the beach, we had to wade a bit and clamber over rocks to get to the Tip – there were many people there who you’d never have expected to make it that far (some elderly, some with walking sticks, motorcyclists in full bush-bashing gear carrying helmets – they must have been so hot) but the allure of standing on the northernmost point of the continent is strong! Amazingly there was Telstra phone coverage there, so we called a few people just to tell them where we were. All around us others were doing the same.

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Photos

Deteriorating Road Conditions
North of the Croc Tent

Deep, dark forest ....
are there bears???

On our most northerly beach
People and Peugeots

Group 2 at The Tip
with York & Eborac Islands behind us

Nigel and Louise at The Tip
with Rob's back, and me looking somewhat triumphant!

A Pair of Likely Lads
A little out of focus, but I like this picture

Peugeots on the Beach
The 4WDS who drove on and took pictures standing on their cars couldn.t believe we'd made it.