Day 23: Weipa to Lakeland

Last night we found the camp cane toad. I had been hearing the rustling in the bushes and panicked everytime and the boys went hunting and found the cane toad. Isn’t he cute?

Here is Owen and his dog Barker. Owen took Rick and Jim out fishing every day and became a great mate.

 I will miss the sunsets in Weipa – they were spectacular and different every night.

We departed Weipa and headed south, stopping for lunch at The Bends near Coen on the Coen River. It was a pretty spot and we could have camped here, but it was time to keep moving south. We stopped at Hann River roadhouse for an icream and met Darren who is a truckie who had a problem with his truck. He had hitched a ride into town and was looking for a ride 10kms back to his truck. He jumped in with Rick and both Jim and Rick were keen to explore the broken down road train.

We camped at Lakeland, which for Rick was the end of the dirt road. He pumped up his tyres and went for a car wash, but for Helen and Jim the Bloomfield track is a dusty road that stands between them and a hot shower. We had fish for tea again. I can’t tell you how many meals of fish we have had in a row – I have lost count, but I am ready for something else. Macaroni cheese anyone?