Back to Hann River

Monday, Sept. 29 (Cont.)

We drove back to Archer River to meet the two trucks that had offered to backload our excess gear to Cairns.

Lockhart River Road

As they said, they drove through Archer River but without even looking at the roadhouse. I tried to contact them on the UHF but channel 40 was unusually quite for a period. After panicky call to Darwin and to an alterative trucking company, we arranged a truck to pickup our stuff and transport it to Cairns on Wednesday. With all the arrangement complete, we managed to leave Archer River just after lunch and headed South-East. The trip from Archer River to Cairns required an overnight stay on the road.

We decided to return to Hann River were we had stay on the way up. We were pleasantly surprised when Mike and Jan jumped up from the bar and made their presence known to us. They too had decided to stay at Hann River again on their way to Cooktown. Preparing dinner that night turned out to be quite entertaining. As Jan was removing the veggie container from the back of their car, Jan noticed a large piece of plastic missing from the washing basket they were using as veggie storage. Somewhere in the last couple of days, they had picked up a hitch-hiker. Jan appeared quite upset with Mike as she had complained to Mike that morning something furry had brushed the back of her leg as they were travelling. Mike had brushed of the comment at the time, and now Jan was pulling all her shoes out of the car in search of the perpetrator, revealing more then the six pairs that Mike had asked her to limit her self to. Sally and I were quite amused. Preparing our temporary accommodation (Jude’s Tent) and settled into a pleasant evening under the stars.

Hann River Campsite