Blogs from Seisia, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

June 8 - June 15 We overnighted at the campground at the Jardine River and were up early to catch the first ferry of the day. After the rigors of the OTL the final dirt roads heading towards Bamaga and Seisia, the most Northerly towns on the cape, were a delight, though the ever present clouds of dust were with us. There are several communities around these towns, all different indigenous communities so we were told. Seisia is Torres Straight Islanders, Bamaga about 4km inland is Aboriginal, the settlement of New Mappoon, between the two is a relocated Aboriginal tribe from around Weipa, none to happy to be there and Umagi is yet another group, all have not too much to do with each other it seems. Nevertheless everyone we encountered was friendly and helpful! My ... read more

DAY 335 We planned today to “have a day off” today and boy we were looking forwards to it. We want to basically just enjoy the environment here, we are camped right on the beach edge, the water is a beautiful turquoise colour, palm trees and other such tropical plants line the edge creating pockets of shade from the harsh sun. There is not much of a breeze this morning so we think it will be a hot one. We both awoke early again, but did not get out of bed straight away, no rush today after all, at 7.00 the kettle got the better of us, it was not quite calling but you could see it sat on the stove awaiting a fill of water to make us both a cup of tea. No ... read more

Hi All, I thought I would just share this with you. Its is now as I type this 6.58 in the evening, when we published Caroline and the Kookaburra about 24 hours ago, we just did what we usually do, hope it would be read. This morning when I got up at around 6.30am I checked the blog and that Blog entry had been read 75 times, and now at 7.00pm it has been read 107 times. We usually get a 100 a day for all entries to be read, so we are amazed that this item has had so many views. Thank You. KJ... read more