Destination Cape York Australia

An Insider Guide to Help You to Plan Your Trip to One of Australia's Last Frontiers

This Destination Cape York Australia Travel Guide is based on real experiences written by a local - not a tourism organisation or a travel agency (we live on the peninsula and are out here, on the tracks, not in an office in Cairns or Brisbane :-)

It means I don't only write about places - I have made this website to help you with planning your own great adventure trip.


It also means I don't only cover the obvious tourism attractions, but also the locals' 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 Papua 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.


It is like going for a trip with a local. Ready for a quick look?

Cairns is south of the peninsula, but because any traveller to the peninsula is most likely to spend some time in Cairns, I have covered the city.


* Inland from Cairns are Kuranda, Mareeba, Dimbulah, the historical Hodgkinson River Goldfields, Almaden, Chillagoe, and the Burke Developmental Road that takes you to Karumba and Normanton, Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama, in another beautiful area - the Gulf Savannah.


* Along the coastal way north of Cairns is Cook Highway with Cairns northern beaches, Port Douglas, Mossman, Daintree and Cape Tribulation, and after that the unsealed Bloomfield Road to Cooktown, and further north Lakefield, Starcke, Cape Melville and Bathurst Head.


* And along the inland way north towards Cape York - Mulligan Highway and the Peninsula Developmental Road aka PDR - are the historical mining towns Mt Molloy and Mt Carbine, the famous Palmer River Goldfields, and then Lakeland, Laura and Musgrave.

* Further north, on the central Cape York peninsula, are Princess Charlotte Bay, Coen, Oyala Thumotang National Park (former Mungkan Kaanju), Archer River, Iron Range National Park and Weipa.


* And in the northernmost Cape York are the Northern Peninsula Area and Tip of Cape York - the northernmost point of mainland Australia.

* Off the coast are the beautiful Torres Strait Islands, amongst some very blue waters on a sunny day.


But these are only some of the most obvious places.

There are countless great beaches, islands, waterfalls, swimming holes, and camping spots that most people don't know about :-)


And here are some of the best gems reminding you that the Old Telegraph Track is far from the only fun on the peninsula :-) (and you find them all on the Site Map of this website - with full info in the Destination Guide).

Tracks of Cape York

            Old Coach Road                CREB Track                   Bloomfield


          Coloured Sands               Cape Bedford                Cape Flattery


       Starcke Wakooka Track      Bathurst Head                Cape Melville


       Running Creek Track           Silver Plains                 Old Coen Track


             Pennefather                Stones Crossing               Skardon River


        Old Telegraph Track       Frenchmans Track           East Coast Drive


         Jardine River Ford             Ussher Point                  Sadd Point


              Mutee Head                 Jardine Mouth          Newcastle Bay Area         


               Larradinya                     Roma Flats                   Five Beaches


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