The wife and I will be headed to The Cape this July/August.
My holidays start a week before hers, so I'll be driving to Cairns and picking her up from the airport, and the current plan is to meet my parents and brother at Bramwell Junction on the 10/7 and Head up the OTT, and then on to the tip.
My brother just started a new job and doesn't have much leave, so he'll be parting with the rest of us at this point and heading back via the Developmental Road, while the rest of us are just going to make up the return trip as we go, probably parting ways at some point to finish our holiday solo.
My wife would probably prefer that we were going solo for the whole thing. This is how we usually travel, however my family hasn't done anything adventurous together in over a decade, so we're giving the whole travelling with others thing a go.
When you say you're going to The Cape, do you intend to explore the whole lot, or were you just planning on doing the OTT to the tip?
I only ask, because it seems everyone has a different idea of what "doing the cape" means, and I don't want to assume anything.
My girlfriend and I will be doing it solo throughout June...
...have to be home again by the 21st June.
I'll probably hit you up for some info when you get back then, because I'll be leaving home less than two weeks later.