of the two-day trip include stops at Thursday Island and Lloyd Bay, where cargo is offloaded to a barge for the Aboriginal community of Lockhart River; and passing Possession Island, where a plaque marks the spot where James Cook claimed Australia's east coast as British territory. - AB Getting there: The Trinity Bay departs Cairns every Friday and returns from Seisia on Monday ( www.seaswift.com.au ). It can carry vehicles for travellers who want to drive to Cape York and return by sea, or vice versa. Flutter on the King Island Races Tasmania King Island might be celebrated for its cheese, but six kilometres south of the famed dairy is a racecourse with a unique claim to racing fame. At this 1600-metre, wind-blown grass track, with its grandstand built on a dune, the seven meetings of the summer race season feature gallopers and pacers on the one card. It's true country racing - horses have been known to be scratched for reasons as simple as a jockey being too sunburnt to ride. - AB Getting there: Rex flies from Melbourne to King Island (50min). The racing season is December-January; the highlight event is the New Year's Day King Island Cup ( www.kiracing.com.au ). Wake up with nesting turtles Wilson Island, Queensland A green-black boulder has washed ashore. You look away, sip your daiquiri, look back. The boulder has moved, and it's hauling itself slowly across the soft sand towards you. On Wilson Island, at the southern edge of the Great