Up at 4.15am and to the airport for a 7am flight. Off the plane at Cairns at 9.25am. Taxi into an excellent kid’s playground on the Esplanade – anything rather than spend three hours at the airport. Back to the airport and onto the Weipa plane at 1.20pm arriving at 2.40pm. Picked up by our friend ‘The DoN’ in a big eight seater 4WD which is to be ours. Driven to the new house, which looks like any other new home anywhere in a bald estate. Back into the 4WD for a tour of the town. The river and sea are beautiful . Everything close to the soil is red. The town is basic, outback standard. The hospital is brand new . We drive along a stretch of beach – the unofficial road between the pub and the supermarket. The camp ground is full of new arrivals for the cooler holiday season. The kids start to seriously fall apart from exhaustion. We order pizza (in a Thai restaurant) and play down by the river while waiting. Wonder Boy gets completely covered in red dust. We find a dead snake, which Lara declares to be cool.
Back to the house, some food and bed. We are very tired.
Johanna starts work at 7.45am tomorrow.
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