Get lost with Russ and Margy: Mutee Head and Seisia

We then drove the northern part of Bamaga Road and turned off to Mutee Head and its 27km of corrugations. We settled in at the camp area and then made our way to the mouth of the Jardine River. It was 5km of VERY soft sand and we soon let the pressure in our tyres down and got into 4WD low. We came across a bright teal VW Beatle that was lifted and souped up – obviously managing well. Russ flicked some lures in the mouth of the mighty Jardine River but didn’t even get a bite. It was nearly 1km from the water to the high tide mark and we thought about how difficult it would be to outrun a croc if one turned up on the river mud flats. As we drove back to camp, we tried to get to another part of the beach but soon realised that we wouldn’t get through and so had to reverse out. Although the car handled it well, we were glad to get to the end of the soft sand.

We met a couple who had a fairy bower as a camp site just near the old radar installation. They showed us a delightful Olive Backed Sunbird nest hanging from a tree. It looked more like a knot of old spider webs than a nest. We filmed the sunbird coming to the nest, tidying it up and then leaving again.

We again met Stephen and Margaret at the camp site and had a great laugh and chat about our respective days.

Next morning Russ and I went out in the tinny and didn’t even get a bite which was disappointing. We eventually decided to move on to Umagico which is further north on the western side of the tip. We drove back out the 27km road which was very corrugated at the start, then got much better after about 5km. We had to detour towards the airport because the road into Injinoo was closed.

This is the office where you pay the $100 odd for the return Jardine River Ferry Crossing. The guy in the office was very helpful in giving us great fishing and access info.