Great day today, made it onto the "Main Road" north.
Highlights from today (Sat-1-Aug):
- tossed in a line at the Palmer River
- joined the Penninsula Development Rd (the main road north) in good time
- hamburger and chat with family at the Hann River Roadhouse
- saw some freak snowfall across the top of the high range between Musgrave and Coen. Apparently it's unheard of and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The road wasn't too slippery and thankfully we didn't have car troubles 'cause we were still in our shorts!!! See the amazing photos on the blog.
- uncrowded campsite at Coen
- flies and mozzies still no problem
- refereshing shower in a bucket at the end of a VERY DUSTY day
Lowlights:
- no fish biting at the Palmer River campsite
- corrugations and bulldust holes
- more traffic on the main road than we've been used to from Karumba
- the bolognese sauce was a bit bland, but thank god for Sweet Chilli Sauce
Update re yesterday's mention of Techo's brilliant navigation coming to the rescue...
Today Techo came crashing back to earth. As we approached Musgrave, Techo was actively consulting his GPS and maps and declared "I don't think there's a bend in the road for the next 15km to Musgrave". To which Tosh laughingly pointed him to the windscreen where a series of bends were clearly visible just 100m ahead. Hmmmm.... the wonders of modern technology; sometimes the old ways are the best ways!!!
Tomorrow's plan is to travel 260km to Weipa for a quick lookaround. May stay, may not??
Tosh and Techo.
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