We're currently anchored off the town of Weipa roughly 100nm south of Cape York waiting for a weather window to cross the Gulf of Carpentaria. We've been here four days now and have been able to re-stock at the Woolworth's supermarket and fill up on water. Weipa is a small bauxite mining town with a large Aboriginal community, lots of red dirt and not much more! The locals have been really friendly and hitching a ride into town hasn't been a problem and definitely beats walking in the 31*C heat. It looks like we should be able to leave tomorrow with a forecast of 20knot winds and 6-10ft seas. The Gulf can get rough really quickly (as I experienced on my last crossing) so we're being really careful to pick a good window. Not sure where we'll hit land on the other side yet, either the town of Gove or some where in the Wessel islands, we'll decide underway depending on sea conditions. Now we just need to get the dinghy lashed down on deck and get everything put away so it doesn't fly at us underway!
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