Day 6 - Weipa

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A coolish morning ( relatively speaking) . The staff have jumpers on. We had breakfast, paid our drinks tab and then watched Gary put out feed for the birds. 4 Brolgas came in, a whistling kite and a kingfisher. We said our goodbyes and set off.

Our first stop was Musgrave. the site of an Old Telegraph Station. The only one that has been preserved.

Gravel road to Coen - good condition as it had just been graded. Many sections are sealed. We went over the Great Dividing range, 3620 kms long. We passed some dams that had been built by the Roads Dept to be used for grading and ultimately bitumen.

Stopped at Coen for morning tea and visited the local museum. 3G available so caught up on news.

Archer roadhouse built in 1983 in 3 weeks . 1987 the first public telephone box. Had lunch here. A huge hamburger, chips and ice block. Road was finished 17/18?

Roads did not meet at the same level so they lowered the speed limit to cater for the dip.

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