Cape York areas make World Heritage tentative list

Cape York areas make World Heritage tentative list

Another Australian site may be in the mix for World Heritage status after a campaign was launched for parts of Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.

  • byLaine Clark

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Cape York,Queensland travel guide:The last great adventure destination in Australia

Cape York,Queensland travel guide:The last great adventure destination in Australia

Up on Cape York,it's hard to know where this country ends and the one next one begins.

  • byCatherine Marshall
Magnificent Gallery:Where to see some of Australia's best preserved Aboriginal rock paintings

Magnificent Gallery:Where to see some of Australia's best preserved Aboriginal rock paintings

With paintings ranging from 1200 to 20,000 years old these art works still pulse with a divine intensity.

  • byKerry van der Jagt
Northern Australia cruise,Cape York and Arnhem Land:A trip into our wartime history

Northern Australia cruise,Cape York and Arnhem Land:A trip into our wartime history

A cruise off northern Australia gives a unique insight into our history.

  • byKeith Austin
Cape York road trip guide:How to get to the northernmost point of Australia

Cape York road trip guide:How to get to the northernmost point of Australia

It was a final trip to Cape York by 4WD before the Queensland Government lays a bitumen road all the way to the Tip.

  • byCraig Tansley
Famous flyer:Jon Stevens

Famous flyer:Jon Stevens

Jon Stevens loves getting back in touch with nature,though he's not always the quiet type.

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Remote access

Remote access

Using dirt airstrips,Bruce Elder discovers a lost city,silica dunes and fields of fossils way beyond the beaten track.

Awake to the dreaming

Awake to the dreaming

Australians are at last taking an interest in indigenous history and culture,writes Jane E. Fraser.

A pearler far,far away

A pearler far,far away

The islands off Cape York beckon Jane E. Fraser.

Wik,wetlands and wildlife

Wik,wetlands and wildlife

An unusual cruise explores Cape York with insider knowledge.

  • byMike Heard