Loyalty Beach Caravan Park, Loyalty Beach, QLD
We had set the alarm early to watch the sun rise over the bay but unfortunately clouds covered the sky this morning. Luckily it started to clear up later in the morning so we took the 4WD shortcut to The Tip (shortcut in distance but not in time). It was high tide so we walked over the headland to Australia's most northerly point. We have made it! We started chatting to another SA guy who has been sailing the world for the last 16 years. He offered us some Spanish mackerel he had caught. After the compulsory photo shoot at the tip we had lunch and went for a drive to Somset Beach and did the 5 beaches 4WD loop via Fly Point, Nanthau Beach and Lake Wicheura. Afterwards we decided to drive back to the tip as the tide was out and the weather had cleared up a bit more. So off we went again with this time a walk along the beach leading us to The Tip. Nele watched the sun set while Andrew pumped back the tyres he had to lower earlier for the beach loop. We drove to Loyalty Beach Caravan Park to camp for the night.
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| 4WD short cut to the tip |
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| Dodging the overhanging trees |
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| It's a bit sqeezy |
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| Last section of Beach on Punsand Bay before the tip We have to walk from |
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| Walking to the tip Views over Punsand Bay |
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| Getting closer |
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| ....and closer |
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| .....almost there |
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| The tip is in sight |
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| We've made it - The Tip of Cape York (Pajinka) |
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| The Tip |
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| The Tip |
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| Proof we made it |
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| Evans Bay View from the Tip |
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| Punsand Bay View from the Tip |
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| York Island View from the Tip |
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| Torres Strait Islands in the disstance Views from the Tip |
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| Plenty of Palm trees |
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| Last section of Beach on Punsand Bay before the tip |
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| Rainforest - there is a small section of rainforest near the Tip |
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| Andrew lowering the tyre pressure for the 'Five Beaches Loop' drive |
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| Fly Point |
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| One of the five Beaches |
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| the loop drive involves going from beach to headland to beach etc |
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| Driving along the Beach |
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| Views over one of the five beaches |
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| It can get a little sandy and rocky |
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| Slowly as she goes |
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| View of Narau Beach The loop drive turns inland back to the main road here |
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| Lake Wicheura |
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| Frilled Neck Lizard they're too quick to get a photo of them running |
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| Back at the tip at low tide |
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| Walking along the beach at low tide to the tip |
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| Punsand Bay at low tide |
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| The tip is still there Nele is standing a little further out at low tide |
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| Sunset near the tip |
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| Sunset near the tip |
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