Cape York (Cairns to Darwin)
In 1997 Helen gave me a book about Cape York with the inscription "In anticipation of further adventures with a Land Rover". Cape York was a lot more difficult to get to in the 1990s and we never accumulated enough holiday leave to make the 7000km return trip from Sydney. We sold that Landy in 2002 as there was no room for baby Carl. In a different Landy, and having left an adult(ish) Carl in Sydney, we finally made it! Our time in Cairns was spent driving around various shops to restock, and we didn't bother taking any photos. We then headed north to rainforest and Port Douglas. There used to be a tree in there but it's now just the strangler vines and loads of epiphytes. Somewhere north of Cairns, looking south. Late afternoon at the bay side of Port Douglas. The main ocean beach at Port Douglas. We camped just behind the palm trees (I can't tell you exactly where in case the council decides to fine us). We headed north through cane fields to the Daintree