The Tip of Australia

We made an early start and drove the back way to the tip. We got hold of a 'mud map' from the Croc Tent that shows a 4wd trip to the top via 5 beaches. it was a great drive and we checked out the ruins of the Somerset Homestead, and the graves of the Jardines. A really interesting part of Australias histoty. The story goes that the natives exhumed the body of Jardine, and re-buried it upside down to prevent his spirit leaving, because of his evil nature.

The Tip of Australia. We made it!! We met a couple there who asked us of the road conditions on the way up. Strange question seeing as the only way is by road. Wrong. They just sailed in by boat. From the  Carribean, taking 3 years to do it. Thought we were having an adventure! T he tip is fairly clean with very little litter and a bit of thoughtless graffiti announcing some families arrival there. the weather wasn't great that day, but we were lucky enough to have the place pretty much to ourselves.