IS BITUMEN KILLING THE CAPE?
Ever since the late ‘80s and early 1990s when the Bypass Roads were pushed through the top half of Cape York, I can remember there has been a simmering resentment among die-hard 4WD fans that the improvements were about to kill the Cape! While the bypass roads are now just a standard feature of the Cape, other improvements followed, and the area remains even more popular than ever before. But what does the future hold?
Back when we first started going to the Cape in the mid to late 1970s we were wandering the southern section of the peninsula and paddling the mighty Mitchell River. It wasn’t until 1980, when we spent three months up on the Cape, that we actually made it to the Tip. Since then we’ve been up on the peninsula over 40 times, but only to the Tip itself about 15 times. And yes plenty has changed in that time, but does that mean the end to
