Day 13 Friday July 4th Karumba Sunset Caravan Park My fears about noise late into the night were unfounded, and we even slept late........didn't wake until 7.15 am! (Probably due to the fact that we had closed our blinds to block out caravan park lights and so did not stir at first light). Our camper-trailer neighbours packed up and left this morning after only arriving late yesterday afternoon. We now have a caravan next to us. Folk from Victoria, who, li...

Day 12 Thursday 3rd July Normanton to Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria (72km) We broke camp at around 7.45 am and we were not sorry to leave Normanton! One feature that Normanton does boast though, are wonderful wetlands just a few km to the north. These wetlands are meant to be spectacular places to view bird-life.....but they dry out to less than a few little billabongs in the dry season (which is now). Nevertheless we did see some water birds as we passed ...

Day 11 Wednesday 2nd July Normanton to Croydon to Normanton! This morning we went on a train! We climbed aboard the legendary Gulflander, originally built to connect the once bustling port of Normanton to the rich gold fields of Croydon, some 90 miles to the east. Today the Gulflander is a tourist/ mail train. This Normanton - Croydon-Normanton track was never connected to the main rail of Queensland, and is often referred to as the 'train to nowhere'! This i...

Day 10 Tuesday 1st July Lawn Hill (Boodjamulla) NP to Normanton (400km) It was even colder this morning...we don't like it!! We were packed up and on the road by 7.55am! The road was quite bad for most of the way to Gregory Downs, although the the last 17 km was sealed. We had to wait until then for our coffee because a roadside stop on the gravel section would have been unpleasant......it was windy and dust was blowing around......and it would have been wors...

Day 9 Monday 30th June Boodjamulla NP Another cold morning.....it is unusual to be this cold so far north, and it definitely wasn't the case the last time we came here....but it was early June then. Nevertheless the cold morning meant that we didn't need to set off very early for our walk, in order to avoid the heat! Today we had a pleasant walk through the creek vegetation and then climbed to the top of the Island Stack. Once at the top there were scenic vi...