Karumba to Mt Surprise

Hello All
Since the last post I have travelled across towards the East Coast, still on the Savannah Way.

I have started to refer to the roads up here as "Brazilians" just a narrow strip of tar up the middle with rough edges. Oncoming traffic need to be treated cautiously.

Gulf of Carpenteria

 Nornamton was jumping, with the Rodeo in town, even the Highway patrol had roadblocks set up doing breath tests.

Normanton

Normanton

The Purple Pub Normanton

After driving to Croydon, I was sort of glad the Gulflander Train only runs on Wednesday's. It was 150 km of very boring scenery, a long time to be sitting on a slow rattly train.

The Gulflander

The Gulflander

The Station building and train was immaculate, which was a credit to the people who run this old train.

Normanton Station

Normanton Station

I copped a few light showers of rain last night and under overcast skies headed to Croydon.

Junkyard Gem in Croydon

Junkyard

It rained quite a bit during the afternoon and evening, I was told by locals that this is highly unusual at this time of the year. It even got to a chilly 14c overnight, which made me reach for a jacket for the first time since leaving Alice Springs.

old mine building at Croydon

Mine ruins

The old General Store was a "gem" and should not be missed if in the area. It is the oldest continually run Store in Australia.

Croydon General Store

inside Croydon General Store

inside Croydon General Store

Croydon also has a very well kept and preserved Heritage district, with the Old Court House, Police Station, Quarters and Jail.

old Police Station

old Jail

inside the Cells

old Police Residence

The construction was interesting with the framework on the outside and the weatherboards on the inside forming the inner walls.

old Croydon Courthouse

inside the Courthouse

The whole town was like "The Land that time Forgot"

old Schoolhouse

In the next day or so I plan to do the Undarra Lava Tubes Tour, then have a bit of a look around the Atherton Tablelands and Mt Mulligan Station while waiting to meet my Nephew and his family in Cairns in about 2 weeks, before heading North to Cape York. It is currently raining madly up there, so I hope that clears soon.
Bye for now........