Again, after talking to other campers, we decided to spend a couple of days at Karumba, north of Normanton. I was a bit concerned as we have a lot of ground to cover before we are due in Carnarvon WA. Allen assured me we can spare the time. Queensland had a long weekend and all the shops were shut. We were recommended to stay behind a service station as it was a smaller camp ground with great facilities and reasonably priced. It turned out to be great - righ...

After speaking with Bev and Ray, we decided we would spend a couple of days in Normanton. Ray said he was catching large redclaw crayfish there and we believed him. Well he might have got them but we certainly didnt! We only managed about 5 and they were pretty average in size but we enjoyed them anyway. Allen played a game of bowls in Normanton and as usual, cleaned up. He has been bowling really well lately and is happy with his game. We did a tour of th...

Well we are finally heading west and travelled a couple of hundred kilometres yesterday and decided to stop the night at Mt Surprise. We inadvertenly drove into a caravan park that was not the one we were intending to book into. We thought we might meet our friends that travelled with us for a couple of months recently, Ray and Bev, so we asked at the park we inadvertently stopped at and what do you know, they were there. They said they we supposed to have lef...

On the hunt for more redclaw crayfish, we headed to Yungaburra on Lake Tinaroo. The caravan park was right on the lake side and Allen took the boat off the car and loaded it with nets to set them for our catch. Day 1....nothing. Day 2......five. Day 3......a few tiny ones. Oh well pack the boat up and load the van and we will try somewhere else. While the nets are out on the lake we toured the area. There is a Platypus viewing area where ususally you can s...

After leaving Cairns we headed north to Mossman where we stayed for a few days. We quite like Mossman with it lush rainforest and smaller town atmosphere. Allen played bowls there against 34 other players and won! They told him he can head out of town and keep going lol. We didnt take any photos at Mossman, I dont know why lol. We drove to Port Douglas where we met up with friends we met at Coral Bay in WA. We had a lovely lunch with them. They were in Cair...