Trip to the Tip

Trip to the Tip 2007 Post 327

Trip to the Tip is the story of Madeleine Sefton who travel with her big brother, Brad, to Cape York, colloquially known as "The Tip". Brad intends to make a travel documentary for the festival, and day by day, he speaks into the camera. Meanwhile, Madeleine records her impressions with her hand-held tape recorder. When they get home, Brad is disappointed in the stiffness of his voiceover, but when he overhears some of Madeleine's tape, the two have a brainwave. Their collaborative film gets an honorable mention at the festival. 
I've never been to Cape York, but my husband and his brother did the trip back in 2007. Many of the incidents in this story are taken from the journal my husband kept.

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