Cape Hillsborough National Park

After 3 days "chewing the fat" with Ian & Sue at Walkerston we hitched up to the van and travelled all of 54 km to Cape Hillsborough National Park. We only stayed 1 night as we were eager to reach the tropical north of Queensland. While at Cape Hillsborough we took the 'Courtesy Bus' to the Seaforth Bowls Club and celebrated our Wedding Anniversary (45th) with 'Beef'n'Reef' and a bottle of 'Sav Blanc'. Cape Hillsborough seems to be "the" getaway place for residents of Mackay as most of the campers were from Mackay and stay for periods of 1 day up to several months.

Beginning in the camp site is a 4.8 km walk that steeply climbs the escarpment, tracks along the ridge and drops down the other side back to the beach. You can only walk back along the beach at low tide.  This shot is of the main beach from a high vantage point. You can see the steepness of the outcrops from the ranges in the background.

One of many buttressed root trees along the walk track. I guess they need this root system to stand up to the cyclonic wind conditions that pervail in this area.

Wedge Island from the northerly aspect. Take notice of the tide level in this shot, the water is still flowing over the natural causeway linking the island to the mainland.

Wedge Island again from the southerly aspect. The tide has dropped to this level in the time it took us to walk around the head land, about 45 minutes. From this point and at low tide you can walk back along the beach around two rocky outcrops to the main beach. You can also cross to Wedge Island on the causeway, but make certain you have returned before the tide surge covers the causeway. There are 6 metre tides here so you can imagine how much water will cover the causeway and there's not much entertainment on Wedge Island.

Safely back at the camp site taking in some water, we didn't take any on the walk!