Road Trip: From Cairns to the Tip of Australia

Sitting in the car parked in Cairns, at first you think the map is lying to you. Tap in destinations such as Weipa or Seisia – two popular locations on the western side of Cape York – and the navigation estimate says it will take the better part of 24 hours or more to get there. If the road was paved all the way, you could do the trip in about eight hours. However, not only is the road not paved, it is mostly dirt of the worst kind: corrugated.