CAPE YORK TRIP DAY 22

7 July 2014

The Bend, Peninsula Development Road – Bramwell Roadhouse (225km)

I woke to the sounds of birds to a lovely warm morning.  After getting ready Min and I headed back a kilometer or so to the dump point.  Then we headed back, joined the others and started making our way north. It was a good road as far as the Coen Quarantine Station.  From there the road kept changing from stretches of bitumen to dirt.  

We are driving along the Great dividing Range and its was nice to see more hilly areas after so much flat land. 

The prevailing winds are westerlies so all the vegetation on the westerns side of the road was covered totally in red dust.  So one side is green and the other reddy brown. 

Saw several bush turkeys, lots of termite mounds, birds.  The vegetation was looking a little more tropical.

After stopping at Bramwell Roadhouse we were taking some time to decide whether to stay or go on.  

Just after we decided to go on fate decided to step in and we ended up staying.  A passerby pointed out a problem with Bob and Žydres camper.  So we dutifully went and paid our camp dues and pulled into the bush camp by the roadhouse.  Apparently the blt of the shock absorber had come out.  Miin replaced the bolt with one Bob got from the garage here.  We enjoyed a pleasant evening here. 

The amenities block is always a useful place to find out things.   Here we heard from a couple who had experienced some aggressive behavior from local aboriginals.