Day 22 - Weipa Time for another McKay Family Adventure - we headed north again to the small community of Mapoon and the beach at Cullen Point. The beach was beautiful with lovely white sand and beautiful blue water (and crocodiles!) so no swimming here. We walked along the beach and saw a track where a turtle had come up the beach to lay her eggs and also an egg (probably from a bird) in the sand. We stopped at the monument and learnt about the Aboriginal peo...

Day 21 - Weipa Another lazy day. We said goodbye to the Roberts' as they started to head south. After a few swims and some cards we headed down to the wharf for some fishing. We caught lots of little fish, but nothing to keep.

Day 20 - Weipa Rest day. Swimming, reading, cards, a beer or two, more swimming etc. As it was our last night travelling with the Roberts' we decided to celebrate and went out for tea at the Bowls Club - it was delicious.

Day 19 - Weipa Toadys adventures involved a bit of a look around the town. We headed into the Cultural Centre and read the info boards about the traditional aboriginal peoples of the area and the changes in their life when the missionaries came. There was also some information about the mining of Bauxite in the area which is turned into aluminium. A bit a a drive around town found a large ship being filled with Bauxite, it was quite unbelievable how big the...

Day 18 - Weipa We packed up this morning and began to travel back south, over the same dusty, bumpy roads that got us to the top. We drove for most of the day and got to Weipa in the afternoon. A quick trip to the supermarket after setting up and a dip in the pool before watching the sunset over the ocean.