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Cape York

Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island.

Cape York, Queensland travel guide: The last great adventure destination in Australia

Up on Cape York, it's hard to know where this country ends and the one next one begins.

  • by Catherine Marshall
Quinkan rock art sites in Cape York.

Magnificent Gallery: Where to see some of Australia's best preserved Aboriginal rock paintings

With paintings ranging from 1200 to 20,000 years old these art works still pulse with a divine intensity.

  • by Kerry van der Jagt
Lizard Island: Cook's Look.

Northern Australia cruise, Cape York and Arnhem Land: A trip into our wartime history

A cruise off northern Australia gives a unique insight into our history.

  • by Keith Austin
When you get to Pakinja there's nowhere further to go unless your 4WD can make it to PNG.

Cape York road trip guide: How to get to the northernmost point of Australia

It was a final trip to Cape York by 4WD before the Queensland Government lays a bitumen road all the way to the Tip.

  • by Craig Tansley
Jon Stevens

Famous flyer: Jon Stevens

Jon Stevens loves getting back in touch with nature, though he's not always the quiet type.

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Australian wonder ... Carnarvon Gorge.

Remote access

Using dirt airstrips, Bruce Elder discovers a lost city, silica dunes and fields of fossils way beyond the beaten track.

Outback adventure ... dancing in Arnhem land.

Awake to the dreaming

Australians are at last taking an interest in indigenous history and culture, writes Jane E. Fraser.

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A pearler far, far away

The islands off Cape York beckon Jane E. Fraser.

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Wik, wetlands and wildlife

An unusual cruise explores Cape York with insider knowledge.

  • by Mike Heard