Day  38                                  Seisia  to Cape York

Distance:                             35.09km

Av speed:                            15.5 km/h

Total Elevation:                  256m

Calories:                              1456 per person

Weather:                             Mild (25*C) but windy

Well  after what seemed like an eternity, Day 38 finally rolled around and low and behold we were still on schedule and heading for the Cape!

Given the short ride, we took the liberty of a 730am sleep-in, before finally making tracks a little before 10am.

The road to the Cape was more red corrugated gravel, but knowing that we were nearly there meant we rode over the bumps as if they were mere cushions.

As we closed on the Cape we noticed a significant change in the habitat, with the arid forest being replaced by dense jungle (rainforest even?).

Shortly before noon we hit the ‘end of the road’ so to speak and were left with a ‘mere’ 400m walk to the Tip. Unfortunately, the said walk was over rocky terrain, cautioning one returning tourist to tell us there was no way we would get the bikes there and to leave them at the carpark... clearly she didn’t know the crap we’d been through and that there was no way we wouldn’t be getting a picture of the bikes at the Tip sign!!!

After 38 days, when we arrived at the Tip there was the obvious sense of relief, excitement and pride... but maybe not the unbridled emotion which you’d expect.... at least there were no tears that either of us could see!!

We were fortunate to have the Tip to ourselv es for 45 minutes, giving us ample opportunity to soak in the experien ce and take 300 photos... hopefully there’s one worthy of a picture frame on someone’s mantelpiece!

It was then a matter of jumping back on the bloody bikes and riding the 35km back to Seisia.... hopefully the last km we’ll ever have to do on them!

With time, comes perspective... so in the next day or two we’ll each post our final thoughts (and thankyous) on the trip, so stay tuned, the ride may be complete but there is more blogging to come.

Also for those worried about our return, Verge has done a spectacular job (about her 50^th one of the trip) and arranged for us to stowaway on a freighter from Seisia to Weipa on Thursday so look out Melbourne cause well be back on Saturday!