The Cape York Australia Travel Guide

An Insider Guide to One of Australia's Last Frontiers

This Cape York Australia Travel Guide is written by a local who lives in the area - not a tourism organisation or a travel agency.

It means I don't want your money - I want to tell you about Cape York - my back yard, which I love.

It also means I won't only cover the obvious tourism attractions, but also the spots that you don't hear about elsewhere.

I cover the most popular activities such as fishing, bush camping, driving the Old Telegraph Track .. and not only that, I tell you about the best spots and tracks where to fish, camp and four wheel drive.

I also tell you about the history, geology and wildlife of the region, and where you can see the unique plants, birds and animals that the peninsula only shares with New Guinea - and not the rest of Australia.

You will also find the practical information about planning your trip, what things are good to know and what can be dangerous.


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Cairns is most often not counted into the area of Cape York, but because any traveller to the Cape is likely to spend some time in Cairns, I have covered the city.

* Inland from Cairns are Chillagoe, Hodgkinson River Goldfields and Burke Developmental Road that takes you to Normanton and Karumba.

* Along the coastal way north of Cairns are Port Douglas, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation, Cooktown, and Lakefield, Starcke and Cape Melville National Parks.

* And along the inland way up from Cairns are Kuranda, Mareeba, Mt Molloy, Mt Carbine, Palmer River Goldfields, Lakeland, Laura and Musgrave.

* Further north are Coen, Archer River, Iron Range National Park and Weipa.

* And furthest north are Northern Peninsula Area and Tip of Cape York.

* Off the coast are the beautiful Torres Strait Islands.

But these are only some of the most obvious places.

There are countless great beaches, waterfalls, swimming holes and camping spots in Cape York that most people don't know about.

These are all covered on this website, and the ones that are not, will be over the time as I continue working on this site in more and more detail :-)

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