Aye...Karumba! Pt 1

 
June 27: 
So perhaps I overreacted just a little when we arrived at our 'cow paddock' type camp in the back block at the Gulf Country Caravan Park.  The pamphlette said shady trees...in the distance!.

After I got over my disappointment (about 30mins) we went down to the pontoon and met Beau 14yrs, from Normanton.  He was a wealth of information on fishing and the local kids.  We also made some friends back at the camp, well Indigo found Angelo first and we had afternoon drinks with him and his lovely wife Stella from Melbourne.

June  28:  We popped in and saw cousin Anthony's sister at his beach house a few kms away and then parked down at the point.  Danny caught some 'livies' (smaller mullet for bait) and then hooked a beautiful bream.  Later on, Danny cooked him on the fry pan, whole on the outside gas burner and I made some chips and salad.

June 29:  Back to the point and this time Angleo and Stella showed up.  Danny supplied the live mullet using his cast net and Angelo hooked a big Queenie.  Stella told me interesting tales about her vege garden at home, her job as a cook and her childhood in Greece.  That arvo, it was time to move to Karumba Point Sunset Carvan Park right on the point.  This one had lots of shade with palm trees and sand.  And lots of big 4 wheel drives with nomads from Victoria who come up every year, some for 4 months.
Around 6:30, we walked down the road to the pub on the waterfront and did what everyone else was doing...watched the glorious sunset. 

 June 30:  More fishing down the point with Angelo, Stella and another couple from Melbourne.  Stella brought me some home grown lemons, chillies and wild spinach seeds.  I have a plan...
No fish were caught, but we saw a croc on a not-too-distant sand bar.  Didn't stop Danny from wading out and cast netting!  
The Cairns to Karumba push bike riders came into town and partied at the pub.  We shared the sunset with them and had a fish n chip / steak burger meal from the cafe.  End of the another great day, end of the financial year, start of the carbon tax...what will tomorrow hold for us on The Adventures of Keith?

Hello Roadtrains on the long awaited Savannah Way

June 25 & 26: 
We took 2 days to travel from Malanda to Karumba on the Savannah Way.
Had a picnic lunch at Mt Surprise, then stopped for the night at the Midway Caravan Park in Georgetown, where Inidgo made friends with Pauline pictured left. 
We walked down the road to the local pub for dinner:  Danny had the snags and I had crumbed fish that tasted like fish fingers.  Who cares when you are tired and hungry but eh?


The next day we stopped off at a historical chimney left over from...who knows what. Then we passed through Croydon, with another nice old pub.
We tried to camp at at Wal's Camp near the Norman River, but it was booked out, so we just stopped on the bumpy access road for lunch.
Looked like croc territory to Danny, so we got the hell out soon after.
We fueled up at Normanton, but it didn't look like the sort of place we wanted to stay at. 

We came across a few road trains and Danny did the right thing and slowed down and got off the road to let them pass.  Sometimes the road was only 1 vehicle wide, with red dirt on either side.
We arrived at Karumba in the afternoon and booked into the Gulf Country Caravan Park.
But Sammy was not happy.

Was coming to Karumba a big mistake?