thursday island

Hi Debbie,
It is several years now since we stayed at Punsand Bay, but the staff there organised a day trip for us, a ferry pulls into the bay & a tinny comes in to pick you up & transfer you to the ferry.
It was a full day trip & we did a bus tour of the island, I think we had lunch at the pub....all in all a good day & would recommend
Its amazing how different the locals are there compared to the locals on the mainland & yet they only live a few k's apart
Enjoy your trip

Debbie,
The main ferry leaves from Seisa & can be booked from there. If You are interested in WW11 history etc. look at getting ferry from Seisa to T.I. bus tour of the Island then ferry to Horn Is. overnight there & sight seeing then ferry back to T.I. for return to Seisa You may be able to get a flight from Horn Is to Seisa You will be able to book from almost anyehere up there.
Mike.

Hi

We did it last year, and had to book ahead. It was that busy they were 3 or 4 days behind.

We stopped at Weipa on the way up and booked Thur Island there to make sure we didn't have to wait.

B

We (wife and 2 kids) went in 09. To be honest I wouldn't go again. Sure there is a bit to see on the bus tour but not much else. Many love it but it was not for us. Would have prefered to relax in camp at Punsand Bay. God I love that place.

We organised it through the office at the camp site in Punsand bay. We had to drive to Sesia though. No pick up offered to us.

For something really different try a Japanese lunch and a pearl farm tour on Friday Island. Prebook 24 hours ahead. Fantastic food.



Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Debbie
In the peak time book ahead, if is early or late in the season not a problem
Friday is floral day you should dress in floral (if any of your friends are of large sizes this is the place to shop, still have some pretty bad Hawaiian shirts) plenty to see, book the bus tour or the taxi tour.The taxi tour was cheaper & is a better tour the young guy is a 4th generation Chinese/islander he also did fishing trips (can,t remember he's name had the only fibreglass charter fishing boat as well) Plenty of places to stay motel/hotel but book ahead. Due to so many Gov Dept's based on TI its hard to find a house to book if there's a group & you will pay dearly for it as rents are ridiculous & as rare as hens teeth
Culturally there are a few tours, but take the time to walk thru the cemetery,
this will tell you a lot (Did you no that the Japanese did not Bomb TI during the war because it had so many Japanese buried their yet all around got a hammering) If your into war history do both the fort & horn Is tours, Just of the tip of cape York is a wreak called the Quetta (qld largest loss of life in its marine history) the ships bell is used in one of the local churches & use to have some great stained glass windows telling the story of the wreak & the only survivor was a little girl (last year it was being renovated should be finish now) & if you stay for any time you will love it & the Islanders
Hope this helps
regards Vince