On this page you have some more Cape York resources, and NEW
- now, also - advertising
and services.
Resources
Travel
Guides
Free
Cape York Travel Pocket Guide
Get this 50
pages
guide totally for FREE.
It
contains information that helps you getting started with planning of your trip.
You get to make early-stages desicions such as when to go, how long time you
should take, how to get
there and get
around, where
to stay (general info), what
will it cost..
and a short insight to what is there to see and do in Cape York.
Destination
Cape York Travel Guide
This
comprehensive 300
pages
travel guide is all you need before and
during your trip. It has information on the peninsula's history and wildlife, climate, dangerous things and
other things you should
know (fuel,
banking,
quarantine, Aboriginal land
entry permits
and alcohol restrictions..);
detailed
information on
places to
see and things to do as
well as accommodation
and FREE
camping spots that will save you the money you paid for
this
book in no time ;-).
Cape York Maps
Map
of Cape York
And here is some more Cape York resources - the map that covers the
whole Cape York peninsula. This is the map that I use on
my trips and it is excellent.
Cape
York Maps
Here is a page with a
few different maps of Cape York and the areas around it.
North
Queensland Maps
Click
on the link above and you will be taken to a selection of maps of north
Queensland.
North Queensland is a beautiful area covered
in Wet Tropics
rainforests and there is just so much to see and do..
In case you do have the time, it's worth having a look around while you
are up here.
Queensland
Maps There may be only one
more thing you need, and that is good area maps.
HEMA maps are the best ones in Australia and the ones that I use
myself.
They are the most comprehensive and detailed maps that you
find.
Click above for a variety of different Queensland maps that may
be of help if you are driving to Cape York through Queensland - whether
you come from south or west.
Map
of Queensland
And here is a map that covers the
whole state of Queensland.
Posters and Photos
Photos
And here are some photos that I have taken myself. If you want to use
any of them please contact
me. I most likely give you the permission but I want to know
about it when it's used somewhere.
Services
Itinerary
Planning / Checking and
Answering Time Consuming Questions
Itinerary planning is
time consuming work. And even itinerary checking is, if
you want the answer to have any
accuracy and reliability.
I understand and appreciate that people
like to send in their itineraries for me to check, some people also ask
me to make one.
However, I am struggling to make my time to allow me to do it for FREE,
since it is time
consuming work and I am busy running a business.
I usually try to help to the point where I even end up
doing it while on the tracks.
I am usually very generous with
answering people's questions
(particularly if they have been willing to support my small business by
buying the Destination Guide), and I spend considerable time,
particularly during the Wet Season (which is the planning season for
people - so the busy season for me), to answer people's emails, even though I have plenty of
other things to do with my time
(website and books need updating and improving, website needs
maintenance, I am also juggling the FREE newsletters in between, and
there is
always more books to write and more tracks to do - so there is no shortage of what I
could do with my time if I didn't answer the questions).
However, and particularly so during the busy season - it becomes too
time consuming for me when people
* send big questions
that take time and some thought and considering to reply
* ask me to plan their
itinerary (it's a big job to plan a good one that works
for you!)
* send me their
ininerary and ask me to have a look and tell them if it
works
Itinerary
Checking
It might seem an easy task and people often say, can you have a quick
look.
Well by a quick look I
am not going to be able to give you a good answer, I might
even give you an answer that is misleading or not correct at all.
It is usually better not to have such answer, and I don't want to be
giving wrong answers, so - itinerary
checking is a time consuming job, almost as time consuming as making one.
There is a lot to consider
- the time of the year, the likely conditions of the roads at the time,
your gear, equipment and experience - so whether you make it from A to
B in a certain time, say a day, is
not as easy as working it out for travelling on sealed
roads.
Itinerary
Planning
Itinerary planning is
even more time consuming since on
top of the above I also have to consider
your and your family's interests, how long you would like to stop in
places and how quikly your kids might become restless and need a break.
It is a big job and while
I can try do squeeze the itinerary checking into an hour
(if it's a reasonable one), the
planning
definitely takes a lot more.
It is too much time to
be able to afford to spend for FREE - since I, just like
everyone else, need to make an income and this business has to pay for
itself to keep going.
There
is consequently the opportunity of the service of
planning or checking your itinerary, if you pay, and
depending on your exact requirements, situation and the time of the
year (meaning depending on how busy I am myself), I am happy to discuss a price if
you contact me - thank
you for your understanding.
Get
this 50 pages
guide totally for FREE.
It
contains information that helps you getting started with planning of your trip.
You get to make early-stages desicions such as when to go, how long time you
should take, how to get
there and get
around, where
to stay (general info), what
will it cost..
and a short insight to what is there to see and do in Cape York.
This complete 300 pages
travel guide is all you need before and during your trip. Besides the
background chapters on the peninsula's history and wildlife; and the comprehensive detail about all
the places (down to prices, opening hours and full contact
detail), it has invaluable information on at least 10 four wheel drive tracks,
at least 30 guaranteed FREE
camping spots on the Cape (and at least 150 on your way to
the Cape), at least 40 best
swimming holes, all mapped; as well as practical things -
from fuel, roads, wireless internet and mobile phone reception,
how to deal with the national
parks booking rules; and Aboriginal land entrance and camping permits
and alcohol restrictions - to vehicle preparation and accessories and necessary recovery
gear by my vehicle-recovery-guy partner).
Not to mention locals'
tips on how to spot that croc and palm cockatoo ;-)
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This site uses British
English, which is the English we use in
Australia.
Disclaimer:
Although
best efforts have been made to ensure that all the information on this
website is correct, this site is not to be blamed should there be a
mistake.
This is the ORIGINAL Cape York Travel Guide run Locally on the Peninsula.