Hot Karumba Bushwalk and Gorgeous Sunset: Wed 3 Oct12 Being the Mighty Intrepids, we noted that there is a new track leading from our caravan park to the main township, which is quicker than the 8km by road. So off we set early in the morning, to do this new track, both carrying water and me with 2 hiking sticks. In the wet season this walk track would be beautiful, as we could see it was now very dry wetland. Lots of little kangaroos/wallabies hopped across our...

Karumba in the Dry Season: Qld: Tues 2 Oct12 We woke up in our tent with grit in our teeth; it was windy and the caravan park is so dry and dusty that fine dust is getting in everywhere. Off we went for an early morning walk along the Gulf of Carpentaria beach; the tide was out so there were grey mud flats with mangrove roots sticking up, and lots of reefy rocks to clamber over. Being the Henny Penny that I am, I imagined the worst and thought of crocodiles, c...

Aye Karumba It's Good! Monday 1st October12 I was pleasantly surprised to find the road between Croydon to Normanton was normal two-way road all the way, with only 2 bits of roadworks. Back in 2004 when I rode through this area it was all single-laned narrow road where you had to get right off the road to let the huge road trains through. We stopped at the dry looking little old outback town of Normanton for a cool drink and a snack. I had been telling D...

Drooling in Georgetown and pleasantly pleased in Croydon - 30th September 2012 We deliberately decided to do a shortish ride of 244km today with a cabin stopover in Croydon. We had been made aware that there was an excellent Rock & Mineral display in Georgetown and of course Rock Hound Intrepids would not miss a chance like that. We have become very good weather forecasters on this trip and the prediction was for a shower or two in the morning. Right o...

A final surprise in Mt Surprise - 29th September 2012 About 20 Ulyssians from Cairns and Townsville turned up in Mt Surprise for a long weekend overnighter. We had booked in to have a roast meal in the big shed and looked like being the only ones there until the other Ulyssians discovered that the Pub was not doing any meals that night. The couple running the place where we had booked in for the roast meal somehow at short notice managed to change a roast for ...