Thursday island

Mon.march 1st at sea.Sky overcast and it rained most of the day.
Anchored off Thursday Island this morning,tendered in.
The island is 1.4 sq.Miles,3000 population.It is one of 136 islands in the Torres Strait and is the administrative headquarters for all the islands.It is known as TI to the inhabitants.
There was only one tour choice lasting 45 mins.The first group had a big tour bus.My group had a small bus with excellent air conditioning and a driver guide.We were driven up to a fort used in case of a Japanese attack in WW11.there was also a small museum up there.
There is a Tue.Wed.Thurs.and Fri Island but no Mon.Sat.or Sun.Island.Our guide told us the Thursday island was discovered on a Fri.and Fri.island discovered on Thurs.but when the area was being mapped some higher-up in the Admiralty switched the names to keep the sequence,hardly the cartographer,I imagine.
There are 6 churches and we were pointed out the C.of E. cathedral,a small lovely wooden building.
Ships come from Cairns twice a week with provisions and prices are 30% higher than on the mainland.
The weather was oppressively hot and humid so I didn't linger after the tour but took the tender back to the ship.
We have one day at sea and then Darwin.

Cooktown, Australia