Friday Second day in Weipa today so a chance to sleep in. It's a 30° forecast so I think the pool will get a workout today. Martin did the final load of washing this morning and an easy morning doing some reading. We organised the shopping list and went over to Woollies to get the last lot before the tip. Mud Duck sent his car for an oil change and it came back without one of his many aerials. They also told him his fan had some cracks in it so Martin and Mud...

Thursday There was a light sprinkle of rain last night and it's still grey and overcast this morning. The forecast is for rain in Weipa. We pack up and leave around the usual time - 9am. Across the bridge at Archer River and along the dusty road to Coen. It is bitumen in a number of places now - I wonder how long before the whole development road will be done. We got stuck behind an erratic Prado driver who liked the idea of swerving across the whole road deli...