BEACHED & BAREFOT

When the pull of sun and sand lures you to the top of the Sunshine State, these are the beaches you’ll want to head towards. They rate as some of the best slithers of sand on the Cape, perfect for fishing, camping and kicking back to watch the sun go down.

BATHURST BAY

Few travellers reach this string of remote coastal camps on Bathurst Bay. To get there, you have to tackle some of the most rugged offroading north of Cooktown. At the base of the Melville Range’s towering heap of tumbled granite, sandwiched between sweeping savannah lands and the sea, the camping areas imaginatively called Crocodile, Oystercatcher, Wongai and Granite, offer nothing but scenic vistas and unbeatable fishing.

The coastline is pristine and the fishing is next level, but this spot is so remote that you’ll really want to be escaping from it all