The road to Gregory River was excellent and we had a tail-wind. Gregory river has a rusty iron and timber pub, one diesel bowser, a public loo and enough bitumen to park a row of road trains. A number of vans were parked down by the river which is apparently a popular spot but we have since heard you're not supposed to stay here. The road to Adel's Grove was pretty good until the Century mine turn off but the last 40k or so was all gravel, corrugated and rou...

We packed up pretty quickly this time - practice is showing is benefit. The road to Burke and Wills is called the Burke Development Road and it's a bit patchy. Quite a few stretches of road works. We had to stop a few times. But otherwise the drive was fine. We have been listening to, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" audiobook borrowed from the Brisbane Library and we heard the end of it today. Everyone really enjoyed it and asked if we could do Tom S...

Charter fishing boat today on the 'Kerry D.' There were a few school mackerel taken by other guys on the boat but not a one by any of the Dettricks ); That's supposed to be a frowny face with a tear. This is where you say something pos like, "Well, at least we had the experience of fishing in the Gulf of Carpentaria!" But really, we paid $390, got up early when it was cold, and then were bored for 5 hours for no return. The kids seem pret...

Lazy day. It's quite hot today, >30°. Went for a ride, watched the sunset again. Main water pipe burst so no water for half the day. Jasper attempted to ride his bike across a muddy stream across the esplanade track that runs from Karumba to Karumba Point and got stuck and covered in mud. Then Amanda found a sign that gave actual examples of people taken by crocs and a severe warning to pleeease stay out of the water. Mild panic again. It's hot here du...

Rode our bikes around Croydon and found the Gulflander station. This was originally a steam train that ran from the port in Normanton to Croydon to service the goldfields, built in about 1890. In its heyday carried 10,000 passengers a year. Has declined since the 1920's and is now just a touristy thing and it's not connected to the rest of the rail system at all. There's an historical display with rusty steam engines and mining equipment near the info cen...