We met a really great guy (Ian) and his son Daniel and James and I went fishing last night with them. We caught a couple of small fish but nothing significant but it was fun anyway. Ian managed to get his Troopy bottomed out on a washout and we snatched him out.
Today we packed up and left Weipa after fuelling up at $2.03/litre which wasn't too bad really.
We did the 70kms back to Telegraph Rd and then headed North. It wasn't long before we arrived at Bramwell Junction. We didn't fuel up here at the record $2.38 per litre! A quick toilet break and then up the side track led to the famous signs below...
Here are some of the creek crossings. We had a good look at them first with some of them required all hands on deck to guide the way through.
The famous gunshot was not an absolute vertical drop with the path we took. The vertical drop was exactly that - vertical - and there is no way you could drive down there. This is us going down the famous crossing.
The 20 series handed this all so easily that it was hardly a challenge and almost felt like cheating! After Gunshot Creek the rest of the crossing were relatively easy.
We arrived at Sailor Creek in the afternoon and to our surprise we found a completely empty campground. Another couple turned up later but it was nice and quiet and we relaxed by another one of James' campfires. Leticia was queen of the marshmallow toasting scoring a 9/10 for the best effort.
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