I love good stories. This podcast series is full of them. It’s called My Cape York Life, made by Cape York NRM.

It’s full of good stories about life on Cape York Peninsula, told by the people who live there and care for its surprisingly fragile environments.

And here’s a 60 second sample

Cape York Peninsula is my favourite place. I love its wide-open spaces, its earthy colours, its bone-jarring dirt roads. I admire the tenacious spirit of the people who call it home, and I love their stories.

It’s not easy living and travelling on the Cape. It’s rugged, and beautiful, all at once. Distance and remoteness challenge notions of community and connection. My Cape York Life takes you to the tropical savannas, lush rainforests, abundant wetlands, the magnificent coastline and pristine rivers. You’ll meet the fascinating people who live and work here and take care of this surprisingly fragile place. My Cape York Life will take you to the Wenlock River, Mapoon, Lakeland, Port Stewart, Wujal Wujal and more.

The stories are entertaining, inspiring, and often hilarious. You’ll hear about epic wet season adventures, close encounters with crocodiles, the Cape’s first attempt at helicopter cattle mustering, and the joys and challenges of living in remote and isolated places.

Late in 2016, my friends at Cape York Natural Resource Management and South Cape York Catchments decided to give the region’s land managers a place to tell and share their own remarkable stories. And My Cape York Life was born. Lyndal Scobell travelled the Cape, recording the stories. I was invited to do the editing and audio production – and I’ve loved every minute of it.

If you live on the Cape, have a connection to the place, you’ve travelled there or dream of doing the great red dirt adventure one day, My Cape York Life is for you. Search My Cape York Life in your podcast app, and you can stream & download here

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  My Cape York Life


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  The tip of Cape York - northern-most point of mainland Australia


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  Quinkan figures near Laura


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  At Musgrave Roadhouse


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  Wetting the wheels


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  The footy kids enjoying the journey


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  Coen quarantine check


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  About to get bumpy - where the bitumen ends


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  The Exchange Hotel at Coen with its name change


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  Hann River roadhouse


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  Heading to Aurukun


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  ON THE LEFT JUST PAST THE WENLOCK RIVER


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  The view from the Tip


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  Seisia Beach Northern Peninsula Area Cape York

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