Thank goodness we left the vans! The roads were terrible, the worst we had come across yet and with the amount of traffic I am sure they will be worse on our way back down. Some corrugations were so big we really did have to slow down for them, normally we ride on top of them but no way could you do that with these. On occasion we used the dirt at the side of the main road as it was nice and smooth. We still encountered the idiots that think once you hit the dirt its a race and how they can see whats coming in among our dust I don’t know. We had been told it was a long wait to get across the river on the barge but I reckon we only waited about 20 minutes, once over we only had about another 50km to go to get to Bamaga. The roads were just as bad this side although it was not too long before we were on some bitumen.
We had planned to stay in Bamaga but when we got there, well, it was not what we were expecting!! Don’t really know what we were expecting really but certainly thought it would be bigger than it was. No sooner we were in Bamaga we had come out the other side. We all decided we would continue on and go see what Seisia was like, we had had lots of people telling us to go and stay there as it was lovely. We drove towards the Jetty and as we pulled in to the car park there we all just said, “Wow”. It was stunning, a lovely wide beach that went for miles and an island in view. We saw some people camping at the back of the beach but could not see how they got there as there were bollards stopping cars from entering. Jock went and asked one of the campers and we went about booking a site. Set up didn’t take long and we got the perfect spot at the beach with a covered table area that we could use, perfect. As we sat there looking out to the sea and all the scenery we could not believe our luck a few days here would be just the ticket.
We spent three glorious days at Seisia, Jock mostly fished, not much was being caught as it is not the right time of year. Emma went over with Jock a few times, all Jock was catching was bait fish which he used to try to catch the bigger fish. There was only one decent fish caught there in the time we stayed and it was not Jock that caught it! The pier got closed for 24 hrs as ship came in and was offloading supplies and reloading. We sat watching the whole process, it was quite interesting and surprising just how long it takes to unload and reload.
Our no caravan set up worked well for us, we have our awning tent with stretchers and our toilet tent for me. Now I know we will be just fine when we go on our Canning Stock Route trip without our caravan. When ever that may be? We have heard that Covid is spreading in Victoria again and NSW. I am glad we are up here away from it all, we are being careful with washing hands and keeping to ourselves.
We all had a great rest here actually we were sad to leave. Lovely views, lovely people and thankfully for me me cool nights. The sunsets were fantastic I will try to pick out my favorite pictures but there are so many you couldnt help but keep clicking as the colours changed. Tomorrow we will be going to the tip, so looking forward to that and then heading back towards Bramwell Station to pick up the vans.
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Just loving to read about your travels and the photos are amazing! Thank you x
The perfect spot to sit and rest for a while.