Cloncurry to Karumba

Well here we are again, I am trying to catch up on the blog thing.

Whilst in Cloncurry we tried to visit the Ernest Henry Copper Mine  but the tour needed 10 people & we were only 2 so it did not run, on the Friday Mike Butcher from TR in Perth passed through going west, they stayed at the same park as us so we had a great evening chatting with them.

On Monday 14 th we left Cloncurry for Karumba & got as far as 85km north when the truck decided that really it prefered the town of Cloncurry. There we are no phones at a way side stop, Ian had to flag down a vehicle going south and ask him to call in on our friendly tow truck driver from the Monday before. He came out to collect us & took us back to the same park & the truck to the same garage. The truck (snowflake) had no power steering as a clamp came of a pipe & all the fluid went on the road. RACV total care to the rescue again 2 nights free. Tuesday night we where chatting to Murray re his motor home, on having drinks later he came Canberra & was ex navy. I asked him Do you know Dianne & Richard? Yes I was Richard's best man. It is amazing who you meet on the road. Come Wednesday morning we up stakes again to see if we could get passed 85km north of Cloncurry.

We passed Quamby pub, had a free camp at Bang Bang camp spot & duely arrived in Karumba the next day.
Whilst in Karumba we went to the Barramundi Discovery Centre, Sunset Cruise on the river & drove around a bit. Purchased Barramundi & King Salmon for the freezer as it was cheeper than a fishing trip (you know what you are getting) sat at the Sunset Tavern & watched the sunset.

Croydon Hotel in FN QLD. we went on the Gulflander what a day left Normanton @ 8.30am got to Croydon @ about 1.45pm had lunch & took photo's then onto the bus back @ 3.30pm what a long day but what a great day we had.

train line into the distance, no grass to look at due to the floods early in the year, killed all the grass. now there is no feed for the cattle.

Crossing the Norman River in the Gulflander

The motor rail called the Gulflander

Ian feeding the Barramundi @ the discovery centre

Ian enjoying a beer & watching the sunset @ Karumba

Red tailed black cockatoo in the park @ Karumba

Osprey feeding on the sunset cruise

Sunset from the Sunset Tavern in Karumba

O" this is us trying to leave Cloncurry, but we did leave & had a great time going north. We return to Cloncurry stayed 1 night & then headed EAST. I will tell you more of that in the next issue of Dryden's Travels.