Day 18: Weipa

The weather is lovely – 30 degrees during the day and cool evenings. Last night we even needed to get out the doona! We drove around to try and find a place to catch a fish, and visited the wharf, the airport, and downtown shopping central for Weipa. The shops are good, there is a post office, souvenir shop, camping shop, butcher, bottle-shop, Pharmacy, coffee shop, bakery and a well-stocked Woolworths. So there is everything that we need.


We checked out a few fishing spots near two main river crossings, and will go back croc spotting one night! It’s alarming to think it is a fishing spot during the day and a croc spot at night!

There has been a lot of burning off in town over the past couple of days, and tonight there was a spectacular sunset, that we all went to the beach to see. The park is on the beach, but we got a spot towards the back – the crocs can eat the people at the front first, and they will be full by the time they get to us!