Cape York - The Tip

Well, we left Eliot for a day trip out to the Captain Billy Landing. We thought we'd do it as a day trip as it is supposed to be SO windy there it is difficult to camp.

The drive was easy enough as the track there is a good one - check it out . . . .

Here are a few views of the Landing itself - the first is from where the road pops out of the rainforest.

As the tide was out we took a walk around the headland.

This is one of the sea caves there - check out the moss growing down from the ceiling. Maybe it is a type of seaweed, but it loks like moss.

The track back - this is just where the rainforest gives way to a sunlit meadow

. . . . . and this is the meadow itself. How can the vegetation change so dramatically so quickly?

We left the Eliot Falls camp the next day and headed out. I thought I would take a picture of the track to remind me of how rough it can be.

Oh yeah - I also got Greg to photo us driving the water crossing.

Before we reached the Jardine River Ferry we drove across to the final creek crossing on the Tele Track - Nolan's Brook. This is a picture of it. By the time we left there had been 56 cars drowned and killed, and recovered by the guy in Bamaga, trying to cross this.

This was one guy that we met there who had drowned his 80 Series turbo diesel. He simply got his friends to drive into Banaga, buy a new piston and con rod and bring them back and he fitted them at the track side. Gutsy mechanic work!

Nolan's has a pedestrian bridge built of three tree trunks laid across it. Not for the nervous!

At last we reached the ferry, only to find it closed for lunch.

<sigh>

Still, it delayed the $88 fee for a while.

So, do you think it is worth $88 to use this ferry?

We camped at the Loyalty Beach camp area and headed on to the tip itself and here is the proof!

We walked around the beach area (the tide was out) to get there.

We passed mangroves along the way

The we started to climb over the headland itself

We found the tip below us, looking out to a couple of islands

And then we were there!

On our way back, and after seeing the famous Croc Tent, we took a look at Punsand Bay.

Back at camp we also found a Northern Kookaburra. Apparently they don't "laugh" like the southern birds, but their wings have iridescent blue feathers.

Oh yeah - the area north of the Jardine is simply infested with wild horses. These were grazing near our camp site.