Cape York 3, Queensland.

Sites set up at Weipa Campground

Cars packed, ready to go, the Cape York crew hit the road again.  The trip for the day would be approximately 300 kilometres that would take us to the opposite side of the Cape to Weipa.  I think Les and I were glad to head into a larger town, 3,500 population, where we could number one, shower and really long one at that, having been ferral over the last couple of days! number two, laundry!

Our little house on the Prairie!

The drive took us about 5 hours through 4 wheel drive roads straight back up the Peninsula Development Road onto Weipa. A couple of stops on the way the scenery over the Divide splendid. Sightings of kangaroos, horses, cattle are all part of the views.  Burn offs everywhere with smoke rising, from beneath the ranges in the background.

As we approached a level crossing coming into the Weipa township Stew pulls up short of a road sign that said "STOP".......so he did but the red lights were about 100metres in front of him! Anyway we're sitting behind Stew in our car thinking he's probably just reading the sign, but he's not moving and there's another car behind us.  Daniel picks up the CB radio and says to Stew that he should probably move up a bit! at which point the car behind us overtakes us winds his window down and asks Stew if everything was allright?  I personally think 5 hours on a 4 wheel drive road can be tiring at which point the brain can stop functioning for a moment!! 

We got into Weipa found the only caravan park paid our dues for a powered tent site for a couple of nights set up camp, went to Woollies to check out the town's shopping. I picked up some postcards to send back home to our neighbours plus lots of work if you want it. 
With dinner done for the night we settled into Les and Stew's game of 'Rumikubb' a game that I
promised to get when we got back to Cairns.  Daniel and I were hooked, very much like the card game Monika taught us with a few changes but in this case you play with tiles and not cards.

Finished the evening with some red wine a little more conversation before retiring for the night!

More photos to come once we have more coverage!.........over and out!