Cape York Weekly FREE – #035 | Monday, May 24, 2021
Editor: Matt Nicholls 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
Debacle finally over for Cape roadhouse
Archer gets tower By MATT NICHOLLS
A TELSTRA 4G mobile phone tower will finally be installed at the Archer River Roadhouse after years of lobbying and a number of false starts. The announcement was made in Cairns last week by Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, along with Minister Mark Coulton. It has been two years and two months since the announcement that Archer River would be getting a phone tower, only for owners Brad and Modena Allan to find out it would be an Optus satellite tower, which would be of no use to most Cape York locals. Musgrave Roadhouse was also among the locations listed in the March 2019 announcement for the federal government’s Blackspot Funding Program and also had to reject the offer of an inferior Optus tower. However, Musgrave Roadhouse was not included in last week’s announcement. Mr Entsch said: “This takes 4G to the Archer and there’s more money in the budget ... we expect Musgrave to be next in line. I’m already talking to Telstra about it.” “I want Musgrave, along with Palmer River and the Lion’s Den.” In making the announcement last Wednesday, Mr Entsch also said a phone tower would be erected at Cow Bay, near the Daintree Rainforest. There were mixed responses from both roadhouses regarding the phone tower news. Continued – Page 2
MOONLIGHT WALK DRAWS A CROWD Jean McNeil and Aaron Gemmell were among dozens of people who gathered at the Carpentaria Golf Club on Saturday night for Weipa’s MS Moonlight Walk. Full story – Page 10
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