Cape York

Punsand Bay is the northern most official camping area and extends along behind the north facing beach, Cape York is visible to the east from the beach. Importantly it has a bar/deck/open air restuarant which is good for campers who travel light ( ie no cooking equipment).

Temperatures were up to 30C however it was cloudy nearly all the time with very low cloud and strong south easterly winds - these never relented and eventually frustrated our plan to fly to Horn Island and even worked hard at stopping us flying south.
Took the "short cut" to the Cape, should have known that a road shown with small dots at Cape York would be a serious 4WD track and not a short cut. Nonetheless arrived at Cape York and following a walk through a rain forest and a scramble over rocks, arrived at the tip. Two large islands immediately aff the tip detract somewhat from its status as the northern most extremity.

Also drove to the Somerset house ruins (site of home of early Cape pioneer Frank Jardine). Apart from this not much else to do except relax on the beach waiting to see if any of the kids fishing along the edge got taken by Crocs!

Our next door neighbours, five families, had driven from Brisbane with their well appointed 4WDs, campers etc and we shared their large campfire one night.

Seems that signs of any sort relating to Cape York are considered fair and just reward for many of the pilgrims who have made the long journey, accordingly was difficult to be sure where we were at times!

On our last night we booked for dinner on the deck, the waitress was a backpacker from Paris but she seemed to have assimilitated the culture very well. It was seafood night and there was stacks to eat including crocodile - didnt have much taste but smeared with mayonnaise was quite acceptable, more or less!