Weipa

At Weipa we did a tour of the mine - bauxite - which they say is one of, if not, the best quality in the world. It ends up as aluminium. The operation is simple really. Just scrape of the topsoil, dig up the bauxite and when there is no more in that particular site, put the topsoil back and regenerate the landscape.
















Brandt took a half day fishing trip. He brought back a third share in the only fish landed. A Spanish Mackerel.
From Weipa we took two days to return to Mareeba and the comfort of the caravan. The stopover was at Musgrave. Our route from Musgrave took us through the Lakefield National Park.
Back at the van it was time to sort what we had left. I guess I kind of over catered. The cupboards are now full of non perishables.