Blogs from Karumba, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba July 2nd 2008

NEWS FLASH - WE HAVE BEEN MAROONED!! Due to a laptop screen failure last Thursday night before our departure to the Cape on Friday morning, we ended up in Port Douglas because being without communications or photo download functionality for 3 weeks was unthinkable - it has been bad enough for just a week. But do we ever pick the right spot to get stranded????!!! To cut a long story short, after dealing with Dell’s Malaysian call centres and Indian call centres until I could scream, trying to give the address and describe the proximity of the remote paradise that we found ourselves in, we finally had an onsite technician turn up (yes he sat at the caravan table) to replace the LCD late yesterday. Ok, now that we are back on the air - to ... read more

Lightning Ridge to Gulf

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba June 17th 2008

Gulf Sunset at Karumba

Wags

You’ll remember that our last blog finished in Lightning Ridge. Well with heavy hearts we left Lightning Ridge and our new friends and headed out along the ‘track’…...and cutting to the present - we are now in QUEENSLAND - you know beautiful one day, perfect the next - and with sunny 32 degree days it didn’t take long for the memories of Lightning Ridge to fade along with our porcelain white Melbourne skin. To our Melbournite friends and family freezing their way through winter - hee hee. Ok enough rubbing it in, backing up slightly to fill you in on the gaps, our first stop after Lightning Ridge was Bourke which required a back track through Walgett. Walgett is a bit of a sad town now - I was here years ago, but since then the ... read more

Mt Isa to the Gulf - Termites Rule!

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba August 1st 2006

Quamby Pub

John and Sylvia

We left Mt. Isa feeling rather disappointed. I guess the fantasy of a big outback mining town had not lived up to the reality. The romance was overwhelmed by the smells and the noise. Still, the people were friendly and the children's mass we attended on the Saturday evening left us feeling spiritually refreshed. Most towns only have mass once a month and this is the first time we have been in the right place at the right time. We headed back towards Cloncurry to rejoin the road North, planning to catch up with the attractions we had missed on the way through last time. Sadly, we had forgotten that it was Sunday and the Outback was closed for the day! I'll bore you with some information anyway. Cloncurry (Pop. 4500) was established in 1867 and ... read more

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