April 5, 2025 – April 5, 2025
Soar high above the island-dotted sea in a helicopter and fly east toward Cape York, the wild and remote tip of continental Australia. The flight will take you high above neighboring Horn Island, where you may notice the horn-shaped hill that gave the island its name. To the east lies Punsand Bay, islets such as Murangi and Cape York, the northernmost point of the Australian continent. Famed British captain James Cook named the cape in 1770 for the Duke of York, the brother of King George III. As you will see from your window seat, the cape has remained a rugged, largely undeveloped area rimmed with beautiful beaches. As the helicopter flies along the coast, you may see coral reefs below the water’s surface, fishing boats just offshore, and the occasional adventurer, as many areas can only be reached in a 4-wheel-drive vehicle. That is the beauty of the Cape York peninsula; it is wild, remote, and extraordinarily pristine.
