It was an hour long drive from PDR turnoff down to Captain Billy’s on firm easy track with a few corrugations. We were the only ones here until a couple of hours later another couple came to camp. They gave us some fish they caught from Seisia which was yummy.It is a really beautiful spot. A bit windy today but it does bring a welcome coolness and the area is expected to get really strong winds in a few days time. We had a nice day at the beach playing. Thi...

The Old Telegraph Track was constructed during the 1880's to send morse code messages between Cairns and Thursday Island via repeater stations. The line was upgraded to radio during the 1940’s and the last message sent along the line was in 1962 when communications were upgraded to microwave repeater towers. The Peninsula Development Road was built in the 1970’s to replace the old track. We are doing the OTT the unconventional way but never t...

We drove through Batavia Downs which was a bit more interesting than the PDR having some more turns, dips and holes to manouverure through. This drive north took us longer than expected and this part of the PDR has got some serious corrugations in places particulary on the bends. Bramwell Station had diesel for $2.10/L the most expensive on the peninsula. After a change in destination after talking to the ranger we ended up at Gunshot Creek Campground. The camp...

I was actually quite glad to camp at Weipa because it was only going to be a day trip. It was a really nice place and a great caravan park where we had a beachfront site. We saw the sun set for the first time which was enjoyable and has a different intensity to a sunrise. There isn't much at see around town and I would have loved to hire a boat and go fishing but was surprised to see the lack of options to hire one. The caravan park had 2 but were booked out for ...

We are really noticing how few travellers are here at the moment. We are about 2 weeks ahead of the start of the tourist influx. We had planned on camping at Merluna Station with a lunch stop at the creek north of Coen. We could have camped here and although it was a nice spot we would rather be at the station tonight then drive again tomorrow. So after 6 hours including the stop we reach the turnoff for Merluna Station only to see a CLOSED FOR PRIVATE FUNCTIO...