Complete Yukon Travel and Food Guide for Visitors

There's a common saying about Las Vegas, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Yet it's a phrase that we find ourselves saying about Dawson City. It doesn't help or hurt that the town's resemblance to a gold mining town movie set makes it a little surreal. Yet the modern day inhabitants are friendly and welcoming and if anything they remind me of Sydney's Newtown with an unexpected diversity of people. As for me I am hoping to catch a glimpse of Caveman Bill, a real life modern day caveman who lives in a cave across the Yukon River. I mean when am I going to ever meet a real life caveman again? "Just stand in one spot for a while and he'll turn up," is the local's advice on how to find him. "Can we meet Caveman Bill?" I ask our host Jim. He gives me a wary look, one that says, "I'm nodding but this won't happen."