After our overnighter we travelled to Croydon, once a gold town, stopping at Lake Belmore for our morning tea, then on to Normanton where we camped at a free camp just over the river. It was hot and sticky when we arrived on the Wednesday, about 32 degrees, we had all the van windows opened to let in the breeze, we were told to keep Bentley away from the rivers edge because of crocodiles !,,,. Had a look around Normanton, it does have a Bakery and we bought some rolls but the cakes weren't up to much and it seemed to Brian that he baked the bread but only did other goods if he felt like it........... Had a drink at the hotel and did consider a meal there BUT it was the state of Origin match between Qld and NSW (rugby) and they were gearing up for a very busy night and we didn't feel we wanted to be in the middle of it all, they take the State of Origin very seriously here and Qld colours are Maroon and every one wears it.
On Thursday we decided to travel up to Karumba which was our final destination on this part of the trip. Karumba is well known for its fishing and people come up here stay in the caravan parks for 3 months and fish, but it seems because of the lack of rain in the last couple of years the fish are not around, but the people are because we couldn't get into the caravan parks. We did enjoy a fish and chip lunch, had Barramundi and chips.
We had another night at Normanton and today have travelled down the Development road towards Cloncurry and have found a rest area to camp tonight,
Soon be time to buy a Northern Territory map.....
This notice was in the ladies loo at Normanton
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