Once again up early to drive down to Seisia to catch the ferry across to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. It was windy going over with plenty of spray - most passengers made their way inside but I donned my raincoat and stayed put.
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Approaching Thursday Island
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Linnie & Tezza enjoying the view from Green Fort Hill
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Green Hill Fort was used as a Signals and Wireless Station during WWII - it has a large underground network of rooms from which it was operated and this has been turned into a museum with many interesting photos and documents.
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Fabulous view of the blue ocean from Green Fort Hill
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View of the blue ocean from the Lookout
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We continued the tour visiting the
Japanese cemetery with many interesting graves. There were many Japanese divers in the area when the pearling industry was in full operation.
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Dirk (tour guide) talking to Tezza
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We had a wander through the town which took all of 10mins & saw Australia's Top Pub - supposedly the most northerly pub in Australia.
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Australia's Most Northerly Pub
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Thursday Island Post Office
(Obviously mobile phones are not big in this area)
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The Main Street
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We had lunch at the
Grand Hotel - a huge meal of local barramundi - delicious but far too big! Afterwards we wandered down the main street and bumped into a couple that we met when camping at Seisia.
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The Grand Hotel
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The Ferry Waiting for us at the Jetty
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Incredibly Blue Water
The trip home was very windy and choppy with lots of spray but I still stayed out on deck with
my raincoat on. We arrived safely back at Seisia after a very enjoyable and informative trip.
We then drove via Bamaga back to Punsand along the once again rough & bumpy road which
by now we had become quite accustomed to! This time we saw several horses roaming at well through the town and along the road home.
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Horses roaming free in the town and along the road back to camp
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