Cape York (Australia) next year - companion?

Ki, also with regard to Cape York, i did some more research on the cape york route and swimming water may not be as scarce as I'd first thought. When i looked at these resources i was even more keen than i am already.

http://epicrides.com.au/epic-travel/capeyork/capeyork-overview/
I also found a good national parks online brochure which showed where all the

http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/pdf/cape-york-vg.pdf page 12 13 and others looks very useful. I"m not going to bother reserving any camping. It looks like a headache and besides i read that the rangers are fairly sympathetic to cyclists.

I have decided I'm going to fly up to Horn Island and ride home.

Hi New, I see you are choosing North to South. Have you checked out the wind?

I think you will have a headwind most of the time. Not so important if you are on dirt as you will be going slower, also maybe a breeze in the face may be welcome. Nonetheless days of punching into the wind can be wearing.
http://www.bom.gov.au/watl/wind/

Actually that's a good point Simon. I haven't and should have. I will check it out but i sorta think that there won't be much south easterly that far north and so early in the season. I'll get back to you.

BOM wind velocity maps

What a fantastic map. Thanks so much for the reminder Simon. It had completely slipped my mind. Looks like most of the wind is easterly which probably isn't too bad but I do hate riding against the wind and its on the nose at the tip. What a bummer. I should probably change my plans.That said, one of the blogs i read went up and back and didn't mention the wind as an issue.

Thanks New I, the 2 links you sent me make the Cape stand out as a fantastic cycletour for that time of year. There are some alternate routes possible. That would be nice if the rangers would be sympathetic to people travelling by bicycle. Cyclists do not need much space when camping. As for the swimming yes, plenty of warnings about being croc wise yet pictures of people swimming and other info regarding swimming spots.
Your latest plan is to fly to the top and cycle south? My interest in going there is back.
As I said previously Feb9-18 I have the chance to cycle in Tassie. I'd love to go up to the lakes of the central plateaux again, after not being over there for 2 years. I had my latest (final minor surgery after 2 major operations in 2014!) Jan13, 2016 and it went well. I'm back on the bike tho not yet allowed to go swimming. A car driver failing to give way on 3/7/2014 was the cause of my temporary demise.
The amount of cycling I can do in Tassie depends on recovering quickly. If I'm OK there then with 4 more months until june I would not expect to be some liability on a tour of Cape York.
Thanks again for those beautiful pictures and info on the relevant National Parks

Simon pointed out to me that my plan going from north to south was a mistake becuase of the wind. So i am going to have to do it the other way around. I am not excited by this becuase it means having to worry about arriving on time to catch a flight. I expect to pre-book my flight because I don't want to get caught out with high prices.

I'm going off the idea of riding in company if i'm honest. But you should do the trip anyway, when you are fully fit. Between those two sites, all the info you need is there. You won't be on your own much. The cape is full of people. And we cycle tourists get to meet just about all of them.

Summer is a good time to take a travel in Cape York. My friend who lives near New York loves travelling. If I saw this post earlier, I would suggest her contacting with you to arrange a trip. So, if you intend to celebrate another travel, please send an email to me? Thanks.

Cape York is in Australia.

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