Day6 21st October Archer river roadhouse to Weipa

Another travelling day and not too many kilometres to get under our belt.
Left Archer river about 9ish, stopped within about an hour or so for a lookout photo op, where the old road north meets the new upgrade.





I think that was the highlight of the journey.

From there it was a mix of dirt and bitumen roads but both were manageable.
The only challenges were the complete whiteout that would occur after being overtaken by the big fast travelling beasts.

Arrived in Weipa about lunch time and it’s seriously hot!!

Glenn has booked we greens into an aicondtitioned donger....
A donger is a very basic tin cabin that were originally built for workers, mines etc.
This one is a beauty, called fisherman’s shack, with 5 beds only one is a double but it’s very cool inside!,!

The rest of the crew are camping down on the beachfront, so I’m a bit jealous when I visit.
 Beautiful view, lovely breeze.

Afternoon spent in the tepid pool which was much better than being out of it.

Decided that as we were in civilisation, perhaps we should vote and get that out of the way.
Bit of shopping at woolies which is next door to the camping ground and back for sundowners.


















Pretty early night as we were keen to get back to the coolness of the donger.....

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  1. Unknown25 October 2020 at 03:13

    Geez, some of these photos are absolutely spectacular

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