12th June 2026: up early again to be at Tyre Power by 7 am. The actual tyre fitting went well- 2 new Toyo  all terrain tyres. We left Weipa at about 9am and heading for Bramwell Station Tourist Park via the Peninsular Development Road, which is alternating gravel and bitumen, with some dips and corrugations. We took the Batavia Downs Road shortcut to join the Telegraph Road, which was in better order than the Developmental Road.. We then had Batavia Nation Park to the right and the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve to the left. We saw a very big monitor lizard on the road? About 5 feet long. We saw large pointed termite mounds with buttressing on all sides.

We reached Bramwell Station Tourist Park at about 1 pm. Nic set out to tighten any loose screws on the van and discovered that the caravan’s 2 shock absorbers were hanging loose. We had met a lovely couple Bec & Wayne from Port Macquarie in Weipa and they were also at Bramwell Station.and Wayne, an ex farmer, was able to cobble together a solution in which he cannibalised one shock absorber to repair the other. This took quite some time. 

Meanwhile I discovered that the screen door to the caravan had a broken plastic clip at the top. Fortunately I had purchased a set of clips in Kununurra on our last trip and I was able to easily install the new clip.

We had arranged to have dinner on the property and by 6.30pm 100 people were seated at long tables near the bar- firstly to hear Ken Godfrey the owner talk about the history of the place. He was a short man with a beer gut , but he was certainly a mover and a shaker with a command over his audience, and for 15 years has provided dinner for around 100 people plus live entertainment.

Dinner consisted of steak, sausages and a large assortment of vegetables and salads. We sat next to Bec and Wayne.

Wayne felt confident that one shock absorber should be OK , so we are pushing on to Pusand Bay tomorrow. 










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