Still at Karumba enjoying a rest day - an early morning walk, a swim in the pool and Steve entertained us with his guitar.  Fresh fish and prawns are a highlight in Karumba and one of the local fishermen gave us some fish freshly caught that morning so we enjoyed lovely fresh dew fish which Terry cooked on the bbq that evening.

Terry slices up the Dew Fish

Enjoying the Pool

 

 

G'Day - How yer going, mate?

 

Sunset over the Gulf

 

The next day we left Karumba and stopped briefly at Normanton again to take some pix of the Gulflander train at the Normanton Railway Station.

Normanton Railway Station

 

The Gulflander vintage train
 

We then headed away from the coast south towards Cloncurry.  We stopped for lunch at the Burke & Wills Roadhouse.  The temp there was 40C.  Pretty hot with a hot breeze!  We met more road trains on the way.  The landscape changed.  Although still very dry there are more gum trees and other vegetation and it is not so flat with rocky outcrops and hills here and there.  There is a lot of road kill – mainly roos but we did see a dead cow today.  They don’t stand much chance if a road train is heading their way.

Burke & Wills Roadhouse

At the Burke & Wills Roadhouse, the following notice was on the door to the Ladies toilet…..

Please keep this door closed at all times as brown snakes like to visit quite often

The Western Brown is the most deadly snake in the world so I am reliably informed by our local snake-catcher.  It is found only in the Outback.  The second most venomous is the Eastern Brown found on the east coast where we live.  The third is the Taipan – also found in our area.



The Bull Bar at Burke & Wills Roadhouse

 

Caravan Park at Cloncurry