Trev and I got up for an early morning walk along the beach and enjoyed the sunrise over the hills north of Punsand Bay.

Back at camp the girls cooked the belated Father’s day brekkie of bacon and eggs and we then hit the road to drive to the tip of Cape York – about 30ks distance by road from our campground but much closer as the crow flies.

The drive to the tip was along an unsealed road through some pristine rainforest with one small river crossing…the road was a single lane track but not too bad…

We reached the tip and walked the track to the very top of Australia finally reaching the tip of Cape York. The view across the oceans was spectacular on both sides…

The line to get photos at the tip itself was short thankfully so we had the obligatory “we made it” shots….

We walked back across the sand as the tide was low and put our feet in the shallow water. The beach would have been a great place to put up the drone but we had not brought it out with us – may need to drive back another day…

Gordie wanted to do a car photo shoot od his Titan for SCD so we took some shots right at the beach and also at the creek crossing in the rainforest on the way back…first Nissan Titan to reach Cape York!!

Happy hour that evening was had with champagne on  the beach to celebrate reaching the tip of Cape York!!

Branch who had been very quiet the last few days came out that night on a midnight reconnaissance as he had been made aware of some issues – Gordie’s solar panel had failed as his fridge had stopped working due to loss of power from the solar panel… a loose wire at the back of the solar panel was the culprit!

Dave’s second battery in his car had failed and was not holding charge – an ongoing issue for a few weeks now so when camping for a few days without the long drives it was problematic as the fridge no longer kept the “cold ones” cold…Gordie had used his solar to “charge” Dave’s battery earlier but did not succeed…due to the above wire issue…. The Pearl had been stealthily parked to tap in to power to maintain their fridge temp!!

Gordie’s battery had also moved to the “Pinch Power” point to sort out its loss of power due to solar failure…what a chapter of mishaps – and amazing what happens under the cover of darkness!!!