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...