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| On our way home - Jardine River ferry about 70 km down from the tip of Cape York |
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| The Jardine River |
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| A corrugated section of the road south |
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| Much of the road is in pretty good condition |
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| Coffee stop on the way home - Joy getting something out of the fridge |
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| The landscape changes all the time - 'blackboys' dominate here |
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| A closer look at the 'blackboys' |
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| Big wide gravel roads have short stretches of sealed road every 30-50 km to aid overtaking |
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| A big ant-hill amongst the 'blackboys' |
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| No shortage of dust - just have to slow down when you meet it |
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| Our bush camp in the sandy bed of the Coen River beside a lovely swimming hole - just north of Coen, a bit over halfway back down the Cape |
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| Our campsite in the Coen River |
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| Our campsite in the Coen River |
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| Gum tree in the bed of the Coen River close to our campsite |
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| Swimming hole just behind our campsite in the Coen River. We had plenty of company but lots of room for everyone. |
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| You just have to pull over and wait for the dust to clear |
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| The only road we have come across where you drive outside the guide posts to avoid the worst of the corrugations - and oncoming dust (to some extent) |
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| The only road we have come across where you drive outside the guide posts to avoid the worst of the corrugations - and oncoming dust (to some extent) |
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| Still outside the guide posts on a badly corrugated section |
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| The dust doesn't take long to clear |
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| Driving outside the guide posts lets faster vehicles pass (if they are prepared to put up with the corrugations) |
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| A friendly emu came to visit Joy at our coffee stop near the Hann River Roadhouse, about 75 km north of Laura |
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| The emu was primarily interested in getting a drink of water |
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| Having had its fill of water, the emu works out its next move |
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| Maybe Joy has something of interest |
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| Oh well, it was worth a try. Clearly the emu had been raised at the nearby roadhouse and was used to passing travellers. |
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| Lunch stop - back on the northern end of the Atherton Tablelands, near Mt Carbine |
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| Our lunch stop on the northern end of the Atherton Tablelands, near Mt Carbine |
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