Day 33. We drove from Burke and Wills to Julia Creek via Cloncurry, passing Wal's Camp where we camped last year. Staying at the local van park. RM commented a ball could be held in the Gents. Another in the ladies so I guess no queuing necessary. We took a stroll along the banks of the fast flowing Julia Creek, a genuine dust bowl all round. But Elle was happy! The attractive swimming pool next door has opened for business. RM took a swim and pronounced it a de...

Day 32. Last night, the cloud cleared, allowing us a lovely view of the sun setting over the water of the Gulf. Today we had a chat with Calum and Lucas on Chatty Kidz. Lucas read his first book to me...about a friendly fly. He was very pleased to be able to read a book with me. So was I. What progress we are seeing. Calum read more about Captain Cook and we discussed what 'lashes' meant. They also told us that Spook had to visit the Vet last night, after an in...

Day 31. Early start to another cool day, in order to get to Normanton to catch the Gulflander, the train that runs from nowhere to nowhere and has done for 120 years! It was built to connect the port of Normanton to the gold fields of Croydon. The sleepers are steel and have remained train worthy for 120 years! Our carriage was 60 years old, in beautiful condition and the train driver clearly loved his trains and the line. Well worth the trip. Then some provisio...

Day 30. Our day is now planned around an 11am kickoff for the fishing charter. The day is cool for here and a bit windy. Grey skies. All good as we are leaving Elle in the van. We manage a normal breakfast and Elle gets two walks. We clamber aboard the Kathryn M with a couple of men from our van park and skipper Robert. Robert runs charters here and at Port Lincoln. For the next 5 hours, we fished at various points in the Gulf near the mouth of the Norman River....

Day 29. Lovely cool night and cool but windy start to the day. Washed the sheets and other stuff. Then we went over to the Karumba markets. They were better than I thought. A lot of fisher person partners do craft, to while away their days up here. They all come from down south and we met friends of friends from Wagga. I managed to spend a fair bit of cash on 'essentials' . Then home for a prawn salad lunch, followed by a lazy afternoon as it was a bit hot! We to...