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Seisia - pronounced say-see-ah (Ithunchi)
With its beachside campground, supermarket, service station
and easy access to the rest of the Northern Peninsula Area it’s
little wonder Seisia is so popular.

Seisia Kiosk and Restaurant is located in the campground -
open from early to late during the tourist season. Freshly
cooked seafood, pizzas and burgers are always on the menu.

Freebird Arts & Crafts at the campground entrance has a huge
variety of local, and locally made art. Perfect for a souvenir or a
gift back home. And while you’re there sit back and relax
among the palms with a coffee and biscuit or two.

Seisia Fishing Club, opposite Seisia Supermarket, sits almost on
the beach. Open from 5.30pm Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
it’s a great place for an ale, a burger, watching the footy on the
big screen and taking in an amazing sunset.

No visit is complete without wetting a line at the Seisia Jetty,
just a stone’s throw from the campground – one of the Cape’s
most popular and easily accessible fishing spots.

Seisia is also the jumping off point for tours to several of the
nearby islands, fishing charters or simply a trip on Peddells
Ferry across to Thursday Island for the day.
Accommodation: Powered and unpowered sites, villa units,
cabins and shelters
Note: Bookings are not taken for unpowered sites unless there are
5 plus vehicles
Facilities: Showers, toilets, laundry, kiosk

History of Seisia
However, Seisia is more than just a picturesque holiday spot. It
is the original home of the second wave of Torres Strait
Islanders to migrate from Saibai Island led by Chief Mugai Elu –
you’ll find his grave and his story along the Seisia beachfront.
The name Seisia is made up from the first letter of his father
and of each of the brothers’ names - Sagaukauz, Elu, Ibuai,
Sunai, Isua and Aken.