Lach and Cam made friends at the Seisha Warf with Jack, 15. He's a mad keen fisherman, there from 7am and still there when we left at 6pm. He had a bit more luck, landing a big shark, so big he couldn't lift it. The next day Jack's family moved into the same park as us, so it was good for the kids to have some other company their age. The 3 of them spent most of the day out on the sand fishing, Jack teaching them how to throw a bait net so they could catch bait fish. One time Jack threw it, he landed on a school of Whiting, and he was able to get a few keepers from that one throw. Lach and Cam now see the need to invest in more fishing gear!

At one stage we all see a salt water croc swimming on the surface from the beach, it was probably 100 meters off, but close enough.

Between fishing, swimming, relaxing and some forward planning, our last 2 days at the tip fly by. We didn't do the Thursday or Horn Island trips, we would have liked to but, could not justify the cost, $245 each from Brad, Lach and I and $200 for Cam, that's far more than a day on the Barrier Reef for us. Otherwise, there is very little to do here. I was expecting more touristy options.

The locals keep to themselves, unlike some other Aboriginal Areas we've travelled to, where they are found at all hours of the day wondering the streets intoxicated.

We buy our dearest fuel at $1.91 a litre. Evidently, according to a guy who was toping up while we were there, we timed it well, as the price was 10c a litre dearer the day before.

27 & 28 July we spend at Elliot Falls, camping in the National Park. Again swimming, relaxing and a bit of walking filled these 2 days.

We continued southwards. The road appears to be more corrugated than it was a week ago, or was it our memory? We read reports later, that even the locals think sections of the track are very poor at the moment.

We camp the night at Artemis Station, where we had our first night on the cape. We meet 2 couples travelling together who came from Cooktown via Battlecamp Rd. We've been keen to do some of the side tracks of the main Peninsula Development Road (PDR), but all other roads to date have been declared rough crossings, many requiring winching out. We've got the gear, but we don't want to be doing that on our own and risk damaging our vehicle or us. They made it through Battlecamp Rd with a caravan and no issues, we should be fine.

We really enjoyed the drive along Battlecamp Rd, it was far more picturesque than the rest of the PDR, especially the section in old Laura and along the river sections.