When we met Sue at Weipa she told us about the Thursday Island tour on a small boat that her group had done with Cape York Adventures. We booked the same tour, which took a maximum of 7 people (there were only 6 in our group, so it was perfect). The tour took us first to Friday Island, where we visited a small pearling business, Koko. I bought a lovely seed pearl necklace here.
Next, it was on to Thursday Island where we visited the Torres Strait Island Museum which had some beautiful arts and crafts housed in this very modern building. It was very interesting. We had some free time walking around Thursday Island village and enjoyed an impromptu singing and dancing performance by a group of young Torres Strait Islanders outside a coffee shop, which happened to be their main sponsor when they attended competitions and displays in Northern Queensland.
Then it was up to the Top Hotel for a good lunch of fish, chips and salad with a beer or wine. After that, we were picked up by Mutti (Anthony) our guide, for a tour of Thursday Island. It was very interesting, he told us a lot of the history of Thursday Island, took us up to the old fort (which has never fired a gun) and the cemeteries, as well as around the schools and many of the government buildings.
From there, we went to Horn Island and visited the WW2 Museum - lots of stuff to read, so Trev had a really good time there. Our captain, Tom, showed us a crocodile on the way out of Horn Island, so everyone was happy to finally see one.
The trip back was much faster and MUCH choppier than on the way in. We did lots of low flying over big waves, coming down with a big thump. I loved it, as did all of us to start with, but eventually it was too much for Lorraine - she was not well at all, and had a very quiet night when we got back to shore.
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