GETTING TO THE TIP TOP OF
AUSTRALIA CAN NOWADAYS BE
EASIER THAN DOING IT BY CAR,
PLUS A WHOLE LOT NICER.
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http://www.mysailing.com.auBRUCE NICHOLSON
prove it. Who can blame them it is a long way to
go either by sea or by land. It’s worth bringing a
thermos and snacks and sitting down to enjoy
the view and your achievement.
I think it is such an appealing place you may
well want to spend some time here instead of just
quickly walking to the sign and back, like some of
the tourist day-trippers need to do before being
whisked away to the next photo opportunity.
On the way to the tip along the track are
numerous cairns to mark the way, we have seen
lots of these on our travels up the coast but not
quite as large as what we saw here.
We were there in the dry season and so were
dozens of 4x4 enthusiasts who had battled their
way up Cape York Peninsula to the tip in what
is possibly the 4x4 trip of a lifetime. We did find
it amusing putting ashore in the tender and
watching the faces of the drivers standing in the
carpark as they must have worked out we had
sailed there. I guess they had not thought of that.
Sail we did, it was great sailing up behind the
reef. Even though we had the wind pushing us
along there was never a great amount of swell
due to the protection afforded by the reef, so we
were able to make good speed. ABOVE: Crocodile Rock.IMAGE COURTESY DAN.