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Thought you may enjoy the sign above the urinal in the men’s
washroom at the caravan park. Norma sure had a laugh when she saw the picture.
We had been told by the campground hostess that we could get
free broadband (yet another name for internet in Aussie) at the senior’s
center, which turned out to be the library so that was our first stop this
morning and indeed we did get it free even without showing any ID. Does that
mean we are actually starting to look this old?
When Doug got up at his usual 6:30 he saw the start or
middle or even end, not sure, of the bicycle groups doing the charity ride we
had seen yesterday. By the time we got going we met up with the groups after
about 30 km. We know Karumba is their final destination but not sure how long
they expect it will take to get here. We expect it will be another two days.
Once a week leaving Normanton on Wednesday and returning
from Croydon on Thursday the antique train “The Gulfland” runs taking five
hours each way. We had seen it advertised but didn’t want to take the bus back
so passed on taking the trip. We were lucky enough to see it stopping at one of
the sidings on the way so stopped for a picture. Not sure why but a police
officer was there too with his lights flashing. He was joking with the crowd
that he would stop the train for a breathalyser of the operator if it didn’t
stop for all of us to get a picture. It did stop as we think this is probably
one of the bathroom breaks for the passengers. There appeared to be minimal
facilities on board.
Our drive this morning was through more cattle country. We
feel so sorry for these cows trying to find enough to eat as everything looks
so dry. As we started towards the coast you could tell this was, many years
ago, the Carpentaria coast. We were seeing large flocks of brolga cranes as
this apparently is their breeding grounds.
We stopped at the Walker creek rest stop for lunch. We had
read that you need an aboriginal permit to stop there but realized it is a very
popular bush camping stop with many people set up with their generators,
satellite dishes and even one with their pet cat with its own cat door into the
motorhome. Lots of garbage lying around and pretty gross bathrooms so wouldn’t
have been our choice.
On to Karumba, a very popular fishing area on the ocean. Barramundi
is what they are apparently trying for here. We tried to buy some but they only
had it for sale in an amount that would have fed us for a week so will pass on
it and see if we can get some at another stop along the way. We did manage to
find some huge prawns again though so will look forward to them tomorrow. On
our walk around the camp ground we did see some people cleaning their catch of
the day – grouper fish which looked like they made nice fillets.
The sunset on the beach here in Karumba is supposed to be
one of the best so you know where we went with cameras after dinner.
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