Out of the Northern Territory and into Queensland

Well if this is published today, we will be up to date, all our previous blogs have been up to a month late.

This part of the journey takes us from Daly Waters in the Northern Territory to Normanton in Queensland on the Gulf of Carpenteria.

But first The Katherine river at it's most scenic

Then of course the other Katherine at Breakfast at one of our roadside overnight stops.

It really was as idyllic as it looks.

The Daly Waters Pub and some of it's oddities.

This one is a wall of bank notes, some of which were high denomination.

People are odd!!

Then of course there are more intimate deposits over the bar.


Enough of people, what about the Fauna.

These little birds were using the watering hole at a roadside rest stop

They we just a few of the flock using the facility.


What about this Brogla

It is real and was one of a pair that live at Normanton Railway station.

This is the Railway line to nowhere

With a train once a week to Croydon some 150 km's journey.
We suspect that the "Grey Nomads" keep it solvent.


Before Normanton we came across the Heartbreak Hotel at Cape Crawford.

A real oasis where Katherine met this lady who was a real Bushie -

Look at the ankle socks!!


The mural at Burke and Wills was noteworthy

Especially the words at the rear

The location was not worth mentioning


Now this is noteworthy

a beautiful green frog living in the Men's toilet at Normanton.

Not only was the toilet spotless but also the frog.

Katherine was pleased to have a record since she experienced one at Daly Waters.

Here the experience was delightful

At Daly Waters in the dark - it was a scream!!


We can't leave Normanton without an image of a recent unwelcome visitor from the adjacent river Normanton.

During this years floods the river broke the banks and was only 100 metres from here.

Distance Travelled from Perth = 10360 Km

Distance from Perth = 5260 Km

Number of days on the road = 88