Seisia to Archer River - York Peninsula
An early start and farewells to Andrew and Mereditth who have been our kind neighbours at the Campground at Seisia . We are keen to get to the ferry early and to reach Archer River before dusk. We took three days to come from Lakeland up to the top of the Peninsula but plan on taking 2 days to return. We need to reach Darwin within ten days for Dick to catch a plane back to NZ. We drive through rain forest with some welcome showers of rain which dampen the dust First stop after the Jardine Ferry is 100km south at the turn off to Elliot Falls and Fruit Bat Falls. With barely a pause the traffic swings around into the side road and sends up a shower of red mud spray. It is a change from red dust. The rain has softened the corrugations but the road is slippery. At the Bramwell junction Road house. Both the hospitality and the food are great. The Road Houses we have visited are staffed with a cosmopoli...