There's a
warning in the travel book.
The roads are rough and
no Yankee chook.
And the side tracks are
just as crook.
But you've come this far
so you take a look at a scary mountain
with big black stones.
Axles crack and you rattle your bones.
You find yourself stranded all alone
and you've got a bloody use
less mobile phone.
That's how you know you are,
that's how you know you are,
that's how you know you are
on Cape York Peninsula
Now there's many strange
tropical plants,
big cathedrals built by ants
She finds a scorpion in her pants,
we have never seen a woman dance
Tossing her clothes all over the place,
first the cottons, then the lace
Look at her go, wow, what a pace
Come on, fellas, all about face
That's how you know you are
That's how you know you are
That's how you know you are
On Cape York Peninsula
Well, a kookaburra tries to laugh
As a tin pot trailer falls in half
If your darling wife has had enough
of using a bucket for a bath
But you're hardly even halfway there,
it took you ages to prepare
In desperation to make it square,
you promise her overseas somewhere
That's how you know you are,
that's how you know you are
That's how you know you are
on Cape York Peninsula
Now there's cattlemen in bare feet
Big spare ribs with not much meat
Even in June you feel the heat
So you give that crocodile a treat
Yeah, jump in the Jacky, Jacky Creek
If that's the kind of thrill you seek
Hardly a sport for the meek
They lost a retriever there last week
That's how you know you are
That's how you know you are
That's how you know you are
on Cape York Peninsula
There's crystal waters, moonlit sands,
no old farts in caravans
They threw away their travel plans,
they got no fur ther than north of Cairns
Now you're better off to go by ship,
just cruise to the top, enjoy the trip
Have a celebratory nip
and kiss your husband on the tip.
That's how you know you are.
That's how you know you are.
That's how you know you are
on Cape York Peninsula.
That's how you know you are.
That's how you know you are.
That's how you know you are
on Cape York Peninsula.