Cape York 2022

We had a much quieter night last night, set up, cooked dinner and watched TV. Hockey for me and netflix for Ben. We had a bit of a chat with the bloke camped next to us, he said Thursday Island up north is well worth the visit and that once we're at the Cape, we should just follow our maps/hema. Apparently the local Injunes and Bamagas like to play silly buggers and spin the signs around for fun. Pack up this morning was pretty quick, we fueled up and grabbed the truckers breakfast at Injune Roadhouse. We had a quick look at the old Injune railway station and train, before going on a search for the dog fence. The longest man made structure at over 2500km, we think we saw it? I mean, there were a lot of fences, a sign would have helped, but one of them had mesh and chicken wire along it, so we assume that was it. Only 150km on the road today to Carnarvon Gorge. Day 3 and we've already had to dig a hole on the side of the road and seen number plates from every state except NT. On the way into the gorge we made a quick stop at a plane crash memorial then continued on our way. Made it to Carnarvon Gorge, popped into the visitor centre then did the Nature walk, just over a km, and we SAW A FREAKING PLATYPUS! There were signs everywhere saying they could be around but you never actually expect to see one! We went and checked out the Rock Pool before parking to do the Mickey Creek walk, about 3km return, it was nice, mostly flat. We're chatting to so many nomads, it's really sweet, they have a lot of suggestions and are so friendly. We checked into our new accommodation, Breeze Big4, we're here for 2 nights. Bumped into the couple we were set up next to last night at Injune and had a good chat. Set up was quick and easy as always. We want for a wander along the creek, the lady at reception noted 3 spots on park map where platypus sometimes are. We saw another one at the spot closest to us! I was startled by seeing it so clearly, having a swim and paddling about. A bunch of noisy oldies were coming down to the creek having a laugh and the platypus disappeared. Poor buggers missed it. We lapped around the creek but didn't see another. We're now sitting at the Taka Bushbar near reception, having a drink and usins the limited wifi, they're only open for 2 hours and we're about to watch a presentation about.. well we're assuming it's about Carnarvon gorge. Only annoying this is, the gorge is about 4kms away and they don't have shuttle, which means we have to pack the tent up to do our big walk tomorrow, then set up again in the arvo at the same spot. Ah well, you live and learn, or something like that.Read more