Pompuraaw 14-09-11

 

Happy birthday Michael!!!!

The river crossing goes very well, there is quite a triumphant feeling in the group. In fairness I must add that we had heard people crossing in the night, this had raised our confidence somewhat.

In the beginning of our new day, the roads were covered with deep sand which was challenging for the beginners, then it became wide and in quite good condition. 

We were a tad apprehensive about other river crossings that were to come.  There is a lot of roadwork happening in this area and we spoke to several of the indigenous guys who were working on the roads about the upcoming rivers.  It seemed that it would be OK and so it was.

We reached Pompuraaw (quite a nice little town with the CBD being paved in large tiles) to find the town quiet and the land council building shut. Apparently there was a funeral being conducted at that time, so we felt we shouldn’t intrude and drove out to have a look at the beach.

The tide was out…a LONG way.

Most of what you see in this picture is beach, the water is just visible on the horizon (of the picture)

We decided to move on to Musgrove station to camp for the night.