Croydon to Normanton

Uneventful drive from Croydon to Normanton. Early morning, excellent road conditions, little traffic and keeping speed to 90kmh brings fuel saving of around 10%. I Am impressed! The way Diesel prices are going, at Normanton its $1.84/l so its really important to keep consumption down. The landscape on today's trip, much the same as yesterday, also true, the further west I get, the drier everything seems to become.

Even though they had some flooding a few months ago, two wide reverbeds I crossed were just wide expanses of sand, not a drop of water in sight. At Normanton water supply does not seem a problem for human consumption and there is also the large Norman River flowing at the edge of the town into the Gulf. Karumba, about 70km up the road is the port access for shipment of live animals.

Normanton is also a town with lots of Australian History back in the mid 1800s. The local Visitors Centre has many pictures on display that relate to that time. The display of a croc killed back in 1958 is rather intimidating to look at, none of us would stand a chance anywhere near it if it was still alive.

Yes, its only Plastic, but that very size was the one brought in

There are 3 Pubs in Normanton, one looks rather "rocky" also with lots of Aborigines hanging about outside, but that may have something to do with the fact that it was payday today. Anyway, after some enquiries with the locals, went and ordered F&C at one of the Pubs. It was the most expensive F&C ($20), had a bit of Salad on the side and I can report it was excellent, Burramundi pretty good after all. Since the stuff is grown there I had an expectation of a price advantage, but that did not turn out to be so…

More tomorrow from Cloncurry.