A Travel Blog
In Kalkadoon or Kalkatungu Country. Cloncurry This day, which took us from Cloncurry to Mount Isa, was of particular interest to me as this is a route I drove (well, I didn’t actually drive it myself) several times between 1963 and 1966 when I lived in Mount Isa with my family. In those days, the … Read more
Today, Sunday, as we left Karumba after a lovely 2-day stop – multi-day stops are precious, really – the tour leaders offered people masks as they got on the bus. Some of our travel companions feared we’d be offended but of course we wouldn’t be. We’d wear masks ourselves in the same situation. And, of … Read more
Let me start with an apology! We know we include a lot of detail in our posts, but this is because we want it to function as a travel diary as well as a sort of value-added postcard to friends and family. (The main difference between this blog and a travel diary is that in … Read more
Today was mostly a driving day, involving 1.5 hours to Georgetown for morning tea; 1.5 hours to Croydon for lunch; 1.5 hours to Normanton for a leg stretch; then around 45 mins or so to Karumba Point on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Most of these place names will be unknown to most people, as these … Read more
Our day comprised a delicious bush breakfast under the gums at Undara (at 6.30am, mind you) and two major geological sites, with a drive in between. Both sites were located on large cattle properties. In the first instance, the family negotiated handing over that part of their land to the government for a national park … Read more