Cape York Trip – Post 20 – Around the tip.

Ian Collard
June 11, 2018

The tip - Loyalty Beach Campground

 

 

Our home while we explore the area around the tip - Loyalty Beach Campground. As you can see it is right on the beach.

The setting at the "restaurant" is idyllic as you watch the sunset over the sea while ordering and eating tea.

DC3 Crash

 

The now Bamaga Airport was once the Jackey Jackey airforce base in World War two. There are still a couple of air craft wreckages near the airport. This photo is of a DC 3 that crashed on approach early in the morning. All on board were killed.

 

 

 

 

 

DC3 Crash

 

 

This section of plane is located away from the main fuselage. To me it looks like it was ripped off when it hit a tree.

 

 

 

 

Cable Beach

 

 

This is where the undersea cable linking the telegraph line to the world came ashore. This is the junction box where the undersea cable connected to the overland telegraph wires. This is the remains of that junction.

 

 

 

Somerset

 

 

Somerset was at one stage the administrative centre for North Queensland. Jardine had these canyon at the front of the Magistrates house. Unfortunately the house burnt down and there is nothing remaining.

 

 

My Tea

 

 

My tea. Only a small cray but I couldn't eat it all and had to have some cold for lunch the next day.

 

 

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