Talk:Cape York Peninsula

message: Thanks for the information above, but I must mention that you cannot give latitude and longitude for the whole penninsula as it covers a huge area. I have, however, just added the coordinates for the tip of Cape York. I have added in the information you gave on climate and landforms with some small changes. I hope you aprove. John Hill 01:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's evidence to suggest wild pigs are actually native to Cape York, having migrated from New Guinea. 49.177.208.149 (talk) 00:32, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Hello there, I have recently done some research on Cape York Peninsula und though I could share my insights here. As I see the current entry is classified only as a Start-class article and could do with some more information and a better structure. Is anyone monitoring this site and if yes, would it be alright to just edit the whole page, keeping some of the exisiting information and adding a whole lot more? I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure whether that is acceptable. What I've got is mainly on the natural environment, but includes a lot of useful references that I are not included in the entry so far. Hope to hear from someone soon, otherwise I will just post my proposal and see what happens.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jensemilla (talk • contribs) 04:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it. So long as what you add is your own work, and not copied from somewhere else, then you are free to contribute. Oh, and you have to be willing to see your work get edited mercilessly by others. Hesperian 04:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I second that and will try to help when I can - though I will be away travelling from mid-May to mid-July. Best wishes, John Hill (talk) 11:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So I've just put up my edits. Thanks especially Hesperian for your info on how to start. Good stuff, I think I will be around here again.--Jensemilla (talk) 01:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Outstanding content. Really, it's extraordinary for someone to do such a thorough rewrite on their first real edit. I'll fix a few stylistic things e.g. we don't leave "this needs editing" comments. Hesperian 01:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool. So the sections that still need editing are better left out and then someone can add it at a later time? I just thought that it would be useful to indicate what still needs to be covered to make it more complete. But thanks for fixing up the article for now. See you around here later on--Jensemilla (talk) 02:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article overhaul 

message: One of the IBRA regions is named "Cape York Peninsula"; there's a map here and a biodiversity assessment here. The World Wildlife Fund terrestrial ecoregion named Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna coincides with the IBRA region, as does the BirdLife International Endemic Bird Area named "Cape York". Hesperian 02:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Biogeography

message: I can't find the answer  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.170.187.124 (talk) 06:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This is due to several reasons, including: most of the land is only marginally suited for agriculture due to poor quality tropical soils; it is a long way from any markets; the roads tend to be poor; and there are no good harbours. Hope this is some help. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 17:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is it so sparsely populated? 

message: I can find very little mention of this track. I could add a section about this. Maybe a little about it's route and history and current day's usage.125.255.112.78 (talk) 06:36, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A new section titled 'Telegraph Track' was added by IP 124.186.84.222 on 13 June 2011.  Unfortunately it appears to be copied directly from a tour guide's notes, contains numerous spelling errors, and is not suitable WP style.  The same IP address had added external links directly to a commercial tour operator on this page and the Simpson desert article, which were removed as per WP:NOTADVERTISING.  If the new section is not re-written, I recommend its removal.  Any comments please? Summerdrought (talk) 21:28, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cape York Telegraph Track 

message: Inclusion of a map that shows the whole of Australia and the peninsula's place within it would be a good idea, and is kind of standard too. Carlwev (talk) 12:35, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Summerdrought (talk) 23:45, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: The bigger picture

message: The picture captioned "Sand dunes around Cape Flattery" looks oddly like a picture of steep snow-covered hills (the sort found near Cape Flattery USA). Can anyone confirm that Cape Flattery Australia really looks like this? Peter Gulutzan (talk) 03:25, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The photo is Cape Flattery in Australia, confirmed by personal observation.Summerdrought (talk) 21:43, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sand dunes around Cape Flattery 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The following is perhaps not encyclopedic, but adding info that the enormous area would correspond to a rectangle with sides 537.5 kilometres (334 miles) long (not 100% precise) would show in an easy way the scale of this massive area. Denmark, where I am from, is 368 km north south and 452 east west, and the land area of Denmark (proper) is approximately 368 times 1/3 of 368 (appr. 120)=44,160 square kilometres. Just a thought around noon Saturday. Well.. --Bornsommer (talk) 11:44, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding:the peninsula (=area almost surrounded by water) actually is from the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the east to a point well south of Cairns. That would make the actual area perhaps more than twice as big as mentioned!--Bornsommer (talk) 11:55, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Massive area