As we take stock of our inventory the phone runs hot to family and friends. A rendezvous on Daru on Wednesday requires quick action. So we begin collating paddles, life vests, fresh trek boots, backpacks, clothes and charts of the Torres Strait ahead of a morning flight from Cairns to Bamaga.
Our thanks go out to goodwill samaritans John and Jan Timp and John and Robyn Henderson in our time of need. Risking croc warnings and fast flowing currents they ferried us 80 meters in a tinny to meet the other half of our long-faced road crew who fought flames from the trailer fire.
