We drove out to the Croc Tent and met Davida – she is lovely and the boys picked out T-shirts for their next birthday presents. We had an adventurous drive through spectacular rainforest, then the deepest water crossing we had come to. Helen squealed as she drove across and the boys encouraged her to plant the foot! The tide was out at the Tip and we were able to walk around the headland to the northern-most point. It was a squishy walk through sand and a bit of mud, and the mangroves were dark and I wondered what lurked within.
And then we were there. We saw the sign and scrambled down the rocks, before posing for photos. The water races in from the Torres Straight at a frantic pace and we watched some kids throw in a fishing line and hang on as it sped away. We sat on the nearby rocks and reflected on how far we had come and how grateful we were to be here today. We have travelled over 4500 kilometres from home and this is a real high point of the trip.
The tide had turned and the water was rushing back in so we wandered back to the car across the headland, and then had some lunch under a shady native plum tree. We explored the area and found a nearby deserted resort – it looked like it was an amazing place, but now it has sadly been left to the termites. We found the debris from a couple of WWII plane crashes and it is sad to think about how close they were to the Jackey Jackey airfield before crashing in the rainforest.
Late afternoon and a small boatload of Islander blokes turned up in the park with an esky full of local crayfish that they had speared. They wanted to sell them and we were happy to buy them - yay…. Lobster for tea! We visited the Seisia sunset market – a bit like the Mindel Market in Darwin but on a much smaller scale and Helen bought some souvenirs. Back to camp and Helen added the lobster to a stir fry and we had stir fry lobster, vegetables and noodles for tea. Camping food is great!
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