18 August – Derby

The bats struck again last night; mainly picking on the Williams team. Canvas and bat droppings stick together really well. The Easts also copped a few bat bombs but Gordo thinks he has the answer – a light in the tree over the van.

We spent the day having a look around Derby. Gordo seems to have given up on fishing at Derby.

There's some sad history in Deby when Aborigines were chained up in groups to floor rings in the local jail for eating cattle after the pastoralists took over aboriginal lands. Young aboriginal men were also kidnapped by whites in an effort to pacify the aboriginal tribes or for use in the pearling industry. Once again they were crowded into this jail without basic sanitation and needs while chained to the floor many probably not understanding why they were there.

The sunset down the wharf was beautiful.