Blogs from Seisia, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Cape York. - Thursday 4th June Hi all, as I mentioned in the previous blog I woke up at 3 am to see two sharks circling our area of beach. We worked out we had left a fish carcass on the beach and at high tide it was being washed in the shallows. We decided we would try to fish for shark tonight. Anyhow the day was beautiful and we swam in the river again when the tide was out. The water is so clean and fresh. Xavier caught a 91 cm Queen fish from the Tinny. A pretty big fish and one that he cut up into fillets for the freezer. As the day progressed we decided to build a fire. Not exactly cold weather but we had not had a fire on this trip ... read more

8 - Cape York Tuesday 2nd June Today Paul and his family left for home. But before anyone woke up I was woken up by noise in our camp hut. This was at 3 am in the morning. What did I find? An enormous horse tucking into a packet of bread crumbs. He had already eaten the sliced bread as well as kicked into the cask wine. I could not shoo him away. So I took so photos and I thought the flash would scare him. No such luck. So here I was at 3 am in the morning having a stand off with a 2 metre horse. I finally flicked him with a tea towel and that got his attention and he walked out. The horses here are gentle and run around the streets. They ... read more

Cape York Thursday 28th May Hi all, today is the day. Our plan to get to the tip of cape York and finally get to our original destination, the most Northern Point of the Australian mainland. We had a couple of destinations to get to before we make the final walk to the tip. First we had a look at three planes that had crashed during world war 2. None of these planes crashed due to enemy activity. I assume they crashed due to either mechanical failure or pilot error. There were three crashes. One was a DC3 and the second was a bomber. Both wrecks were in the same spot they had crashed. Obviously we did not deal with crashes in those days as we do now. The site has been left to the elements ... read more

Hi all, this morning we woke up to get ready to cross the Jardine river on the ferry. Let me just explain the ferry. It is a platform that is linked to both sides of the river by a heavy steel cable. the ferry can handle 6 Landcruisers 2 abreast. Cost was $99 per car. We got on at 8.30am. Once on the other side of the river we were in Aboriginal protected land. The $99 we paid included a permit. To camp on aboriginal sites. We drove through a small town called Bamaga before settling into the park at Seisa which is the most northern town in the Cape Pensinsula. Another 50km or more and we will reach the tip of Australia. We unpacked and after lunch went to one of the islands, about 500metres ... read more

Hi all, today Sunday 24th May, we are leaving Weipa before 10am (check out time) and driving back out to the Cape Development road and to Bramwell station which is basically a fuel and food stop. It is also the formal start to the Old Telegraph Track known as the OTL. We took a couple of photos at the entrance to the track and headed into the track. About 5 km in we reached our first obstacle. Palm creek had a nearly vertical entrance (looked vertical to me but probably wasn't) and this also had a very steep exit which was winch up only. No cars are able to get up without a winch. I decided to not attempt this. Tonina and Lisa were with me. Matthew was brave enough to attempt and was successful. Very ... read more