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You can Fly into Cape York and spend some time exploring. There is heaps to see in just one area. Explore the Iron Range National Park, Chili Beach and Lockhart River area from Portland Roads. To encourage people to visit Portland Roads Beach Shack during the wet season, we have negotiated deals with Skytrans and [...]

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Trip to The Tip

June 30, 2011 by

We have just done a trip up to the tip of Cape York and back so I thought I would share where is good to go. We had friends up from Canberra so it was a good excuse to explore. Bramwell Station was a find, we took a wrong turn on the way to Bramwell [...]

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Portland Roads is the access point for Restoration Island which is just a quick boat ride across the water. Restoration Island is listed in the Wwoofing directory. In February 2010 this Wwooofer called to find out if Dave was taking anyone. He said no since it was the wet season and he was going away, [...]

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A. Yes, you can visit Cape York in the wet season. Most people think that it is impossible to visit Cape York in the wet season. It is true that the major rivers flood, cutting off road access. However you can still explore the Iron Range National Park, Portland Roads and Chili Beach. Forget your [...]

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We had 2 guests stay for a week in December this year – a birdwatcher and a guide (Jun Matsui) from Sicklebill Safaris. They had flown in to Lockhart, hired a 4wd and stayed with us. Jun (the guide) found a cuscus in one of our mango trees just up the road; came running back [...]

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Very cold today – had to put a long-sleeved shirt on when it got down to 25 degrees! Also rained most of the day and when it didn’t we had a beautiful rainbow. I had 3 young men from Weipa staying (trying to fish but unable to stay out long in their boat because of [...]

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