Morning Light

I love arriving to a new place at dark so when you first wake in the morning to the grey blue sky you see you see surroundings for the first time. We are surrounded by fresh running water coming all the way down from Aurukun. Twisted trees wreath in strong currents and big boulders sit strong the flow changing its path to make its way around the grey stone. Yellow green thin leaves hang sleepily and rock in the morning breeze. We all jump in the water for our morning wash and colleen mark and I swim upstream to the frothy rocks to enjoy a natural spa. Breki is boiled sausages on stick, I politely decline, not my forte. Mark and Megan say goodbye and make their way back to Cooktown and the remaining six sit in the shade of a paperbark and drink tea. A half hour passes and we’re back in our cars. After fuelling up at archer river roadhouse it is time to say goodbye to the Coen crew. Kate and Sharon beep a final goodbye and bump off in the opposite direction….and then there were four. We drive through Milverton and Pickinni station then take the turn off to Aurukun at the crooked tree. The road from here stretches on as rough as guts.