The journey from Lawn Hill to Normanton was the most boring scenery of our whole trip. Cattle country as far as the eye can see. Lots of river crossings, most of them bone dry. We camped on the Flinders River, which was receding quickly. Fished for Barra, but they wouldn’t take the bait.
We made a little pool to cool down.
Normanton, place of the Big Crocodile. This is a replica, apparently. The town has big wide streets, it was very quiet considering it was school holidays.
We stocked up with supplies again, and headed out to Karumba. Karumba is basically an old fishing village. if you don’t fish, there is no point going out there. It sits on the mouth of the Norman River which is green, muddy and lined with mangroves. No Barra here! We caught up with friends from Mt Isa, which was great.
It also rained. First time we have seen rain since the 11th of June. The park had no drains, not good!
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