Flying from Cairns to Horn Island....then across to Thursday Island by ferry, where we enjoyed a guided bus trip of the island.....then by ferry across to mainland Australia, visiting Australia's northern most settlements, Bamaga, Seisia and then CAPE YORK (mainland Australia most northern point).
Travelling in an OKA 4WD with 11 other travellers we had a fun time crossing many rugged roads and rivers. Birdwatching, croc spotting great walks and swimming at Fruit Bat Falls.
Travelling along the famous Telegraph track to Weipa....a fascinating bauxite mining town! You haven't seen red till you visit Weipa - soil, dust, roads, buildings and the bauxite - ALL RED!
Continued onto Musgrave Station, Coen then travelled through the Lakefield National Park to Cooktown, then down the Bloomfield Track and through the Daintree National Park back to Cairns.
A great trip with many photos - (roughly 450), twenty seven I have included in this blog. Enjoy!
Flying from Cairns to Horn Island - Aerial view of the northern most point of Australia's mainland
Aerial view of coral - The Great Barrier Reef
The colour of the water off Thursday Island was electric blue
Thursday Island has Australia's most northern pub
View from Green Hill Thursday Island - today Green Hill Fort houses a collection celebrating the military history of Queensland, the role of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion and Thursday Island's colourful past.
Our cottage at the Seisia camping ground
Isolated pocket of Moonsoon Rainforest in the Lockerbie Scrub - the palms grow tall towards the sunlight
The OKA 4WD in the Lockerbie Scrub where we enjoyed morning tea
Reaching The Top - Cape York!
Vehicular ferry across the Jardine River
Swimming in the pristine water at Fruit Bat Falls
This photo taken from the front passenger seat as the OKA 4WD entered the river crossing at Cockatoo Creek
Our tented accommodation at Moreton Telegraphic Station - very comfortable - real beds!
Weipa wharf precinct
The largest spanning bridge in Queensland - is in Weipa
A Bower Bird's nest - amazing what he collects to impress his female friend!
A haulage road - Weipa 
Our driver and tour guide with a blue tongued lizard
Another river crossing
Cranking up - remnants of an old gold mine 100klms north west of Coen
No 4: Our unit at the Musgrave Telegraphic Station
Double click on photo to enlarge - Look at the freshwater croc, in the middle of photo, sunning himself on a log at the Lakefield Crossing of the Kennedy River
Split Rock near Laura - Aboriginal Rock Art
Road signage is almost non existent, but this sign is very clear!
Inside the OKA 4WD
The Bloomfield Track in the Daintree National Park
As we neared Cairns the evening was closing in and the clouds mounting
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