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Laura
Laura has provisions available and a camp site. Nearby are the Quinkin aboriginal rock
paintings, of which the Split Rock Gallery is best known. Musgrave is the home of The
Telegraph Station here was opened on 23rd December 1886 and operated until 1928,
providing communications for all the stations located through the area up to the tip of
Cape York.
Moreton
Heading north towards the Cape, you will come to Moreton, another former telegraph
station where there is some accommodation and a camp site. The road then continues to
Heathlands, and on to Jardine River, where there is a ferry crossing, and Bamaga.
Punsand Bay
Punsand Bay , much closer to the cape, also has accommodation and a camping ground, a
seasonal ferry service to Thursday Island and trips to the cape.
Seisia
Seisia is six kilometres north-west of Bamaga and was founded in 1948 by a small group
of people from Saibai Island. There is a ferry to Thursday Island, and Seisia is only 32
kilometres from the tip of Cape York. Loyalty Beach is three kilometres north-east of
Seisia.
Thursday Island
Thursday Island is the most northerly easily accessible point in Australia. It lies in the
Torres Strait which separates Australia from Papua New Guinea and it is approximately
30 kilometres north-west of the tip of Cape York.
Weipa
Weipa is a modern bauxite mining town operated by a company known as Comalco and
it has a population of 3,000. It is the only place of this size on Cape York. Tours of the
mine are available.
Capricorn Coast
The Capricorn Coast is the area of coastline around Rockhampton and named after the
Tropic of Capricorn which runs through Rockhampton. Some of the other main towns are
Yeppon, Gladstone and Emu Park. Offshore are a number of islands the major one being
Great Keppell Island.
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