We left the others to return to Coen and free camped at the Archer river.

I am still surprised by the amount to caravans up here. They are travelling a lot slower than us on the gravel so I guess that is how they do it.

The section from Coen to Archer river was the first what I would call rough section of road we have come across so far.

When you look on a map it is not far from here to where we were camped in the National Park. There are croc signs in the NP but not here. There were a lot of people swimming here.

Early morning light.

The beach at the Weipa caravan park.

While there was a large stretch of bitumen north of Archer River the gravel into Weipa was pretty rough with the road extending well past the guide posts - looking for the smoothest bits.

Everyone is back together here shopping and doing laundry.