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Australia
Whenever you mention overseas that you are from Australia, people think “the opera house, skippy and the beaches” but Australia is not only that, Australia is the bush, the outback, the country people, and its wild life and lots more. Ten years ago we joined one of the best four wheel drive club in the country. Being members of the Subaru Club, we have met exceptional people, whom we consider our second family; we learnt how to go camping, four wheel driving and more, now is time to put our skills to the test. We will be travelling to the rainforest, the outback, the world famous great barrier reef, we will go through some remote areas with rugged terrain, we’ll see lots of wild life including the legendary salt water crocodile, furthermore the famous road trains, they are 53 metres long, of course meet the country people, we will be visiting cattle stations; one of them is one and a half million acres and obviously we will be going to a lot of country pubs so we can enjoy a coldie while we meet some of the locals and some adventurous travellers, we are very excited and cannot wait longer to “Go and See Australia”......well...part of it.

25 July 2010

CROYDON, NORMANTON AND KARUMBA

Early in the morning packed up and headed towards the Carpentaria Shire, we had our first close encounter with a road train with three carriages, carrying fuel and it was going like a snake, we made contact with the driver through the UHF radio and asked him if we could overtake him, we waited for his go ahead and up we went, we passed the road train at 140 kilometres per hour and it was scary, but we made it. We stopped at Croydon to visit the old mining museum which was very interesting to see how big the gold rush was during the late 1800’s and how rapidly the town grew. There were more than 122 liquor licenses issued on the field with up to 36 hotels (pubs) within Croydon itself and this is not counting the sly grog (liquor) shop come shanties. Today there is only 1 pub and not many people within the town.

Croydon


We continued to Normanton to take some photos of a replica of Krys, the largest salt water crocodile shot in Australia, it was 8 metres long and a massive two tonne in weight, we also went to the distinctive Purple Pub to have a beer just before continuing our journey to Karumba which is located northwest of Normanton and on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Whilst re-fuelling we spotted another road train, this one was also with 3 carriages but loaded with cattle, each carriage had two levels, and had the opportunity to take a video.

Early in the morning we went to Normanton to enjoy a ride on the famous Gulflander, an old train which connected Normanton to Croydon during the gold rush. In the afternoon we went on a Boat tour around Karumba and watched the beautiful sunset and enjoying some local prawns with a couple of beers.

Normanton


Karumba
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 27, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    Great sunset shots Rosario & Gabriel. The sunsets should only get better from now on.

    Just to let you know that all the Cape Yorkers are now safely home.

    Keep the adventures coming. This blog is great as it makes me feel that I am still on holidays with you both. What a great way to bring myself back to the routine of everyday life.

    Best regards, Brett.

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  2. SamAugust 1, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    So hows it going

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  3. Aussie TravelersAugust 5, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Hi Brett,
    Happy you have liked the photos, however we are not as good as you, we have been thinking on you because if we have had your camera and yor knowledge and experience, the photos will be a lot better, the scenery is amazing.
    Glad all the Cape Yorkers are back home, please say hello to them, as we said before; "after the Cape York trip" we need a holiday, don't know what is the meaning of that, because we get out of bed very early and drive and drive and drive, it seems it's never ending, but we love it.
    By the way guess who's doing the river crossings now, we only found ladies size "crocs shoes", she misses Malcom, LOL
    Best regards
    Rosario & Gabriel

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