Tawny Frogmouth at Moreton
Bauxite Stockpile
Bauxite loading
Hello from another terrible Cape York location at Moreton Telegraph Station.
A damp humid night at Weipa which didn't allow the clothes to dry overnight. Our 4am toilet break was interrupted by Susan's necklace breaking and the broach falling to the ground in the dark. Forunately she found it by torchlight. She returned to bed to read rather than sleep, swatting 2 blood filled mosquitos even though we had no bites! Susan rushed to use the dryer in the laundry. We packed away our damp bedding and tent. Bacon and eggs for breakfast.
We left the kiosk at at 8:30 for a tour of the town and the Rio Tinto bauxite mine.
The bauxite layer is about 3 metres thick below the top soil and is mined with front end loaders and luggers. The material is screened and washed and mostly shipped to Gladstone for smelting.
After the tour we returned to the shops for a coffee and a browse. We departed at 1230 with an uneventful run to the camping ground at Moreton telegraph Station.
Very nice location.
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