From Weipa we headed for an overnight stop at what was once the Moreton Telegraph Station. All that remains of the actual station is a very cracked concrete slab.

Not sure if this telegraph pole is original of if it has been replaced-restored for us. Still I tried to get a bit arty. The Pole under the Southern Cross connecting Australia to the rest of the world at a time long before the internet.

There is a small “nature” walk along which I found this little gem. The creek disappears in a small water fall under a natural bridge that you can walk across.

I think I was also lucky with the time of day and lighting when I was there.

The walking track also directs you to the Barra hole. A small water hole in the Wenlock river. But it is true to name I did catch this little Barramundi. The hole did also claim this lure and another one. 🙁

Looks like the toilet is closed, and might be longer than normal cleaning. Just as well we have our own in the motorhome now days 🙂

(The camp ground does have toilets, showers and power)

So we made it to Weipa. The road from Coen to here was better than the road south of Coen. Still we did manage to break the internals of the mount for the UHF antenna 🙁

The caravan park is right on the beach and the sun sets over the ocean.

Yep Weipa is a Rio Tinto mining town. Drove past one lot of single mens barracks, and guess what all the parking is reverse in. (Work colleagues will understand this)

Two ships being loaded with Bauxite.

Another Sunset from the Weipa caravan park.

Coming out of Weipa we had to stop at the haul road for a haul truck. Can’t believe that I nearly missed it with my phone. It was travelling very slowly.

“Clifford” at the “old” Lakefield National Park ranger station. I don’t think this windmill gets used to pump water. The reason we stopped here was to get a shot of the two Brolgas. As well as not having a long enough lens I was also way too slow getting my camera out. Should just use my phone 🙂

On the way out the road goes past White and Red Lilly lakes. This is one of the red lilly blooms at the Red Lilly lake. The lillies are a type of lotus.

A white water lilly at the Red Lilly lake ??

After Hann crossing the road out to  Musgrave deteriorated with sections of large corrugations. I was thinking just wait until we get to Musgrave and the Peninsular Development Road and things will improve. Sadly this was not the case. Yes the road was wider but the corrugations were about the same:-(

Still we were rewarded by this campsite just north of Coen. This was the view almost from the door – and it was free.

Quite a long concrete causeway that we were not brave enough to consider crossing until we had watched other vehicles go through.

Kalpowar crossing is a nice camp site with toilets and showers – even if only cold water.

There are some rapids down from the crossing which empty into a lagoon. This shot is the end of the lagoon.

I spent a bit of time flicking a lure here. Caught a Tarpin, lost a lure, and then when I was packing up looked up and there was a croc in about the middle of this shot. Not huge but I would have estimated 5 to 6 feet.

We did cross the causeway to have an explore. We discovered some nice wetlands right on the road. To the extent that I suspect only a couple of weeks ago the road would have been quite boggy. We got as far a creek crossing just a sandy bottom and deeper than anything else we had been over. We turned around and came back to camp.

As you can see these Lillies are really just beside the road.

More roadside water views, shot from the car.

It took us a while and a few false starts to find the discovery walk. This shot of a Kapok tree leaf was taken from the walking track.

There are numerous water holes and camping spots off the “main” road through the national park. Most of them such as this one Catfish waterhole have lots of water lillies.

Had lunch on the banks of Old Faithful water hole. Perhaps it wasn’t as picturesque as others we saw but it was the most interesting.

I don’t have a zoom lens with me but this is cropped from the above image. This fellow was scarily large and didn’t give a rats about us or that we were watching him. Could even think that he was just cruising past to let us know that this water hole was his.

There are lots of large termite mounds and two distinct types. The most interesting are the tall thin ones. Similar to cathedral spires. I am not sure if there are two distinct species of termites.