Awesome Aussie Life: Day 13

Day 13 (Destination – Weipa)

Woke early, Brett and the kids going to retrieve the crab pots hoping to have at least one. Well there was one, but too small to keep. We are feeling like giving up on fishing! We were running low on water, power (clouds had come over so solar panel not much help), and we were a bit tired of the flies too so we decided to move on.

We were sure that gap looked worse than when we drove across 2 days ago

We headed back to the main road, stopping briefly to have a quick splash in the creek running under the log bridge (beautiful cool crystal clear water again), and then south again, taking the bypass road this time. We got to Bramwell Junction around lunch time so stopped and made sandwiches and replenished our water tanks. As we were standing there, a voice called out to Brett. Long story short, one of the grouped camped because us at Vrilya for 2 days included a good friend of Bretts and neither of us realised. They were part of a group with a boat and had a bit better luck fishing than us, although they were now heading to Mapoon. After a quick catch up, we headed off again.

We were originally headed for Merluna Station for tonight but decided we would have to make the trip into Weipa for supplies anyway so would stay there instead. The Weipa caravan park was a nice break from bush camping and we enjoyed the amenities again. Caught up with lots of washing as well.