10th July: Saturday’s special event in the caravan park is a free Barramundi BBQ, singalong and general group participation concert. I sang 2 songs accompanied by the visiting priest on his guitar! There were all kinds of acts, some good and some pretty, shall we say, unusual. Sun 11th July: Breakfast at Sunset Tavern - yummy bacon and eggs overlooking the incoming tide, and then some acquisitions in the adjacent markets (to be revealed upon our return). 12th July: Set off reasonably early this morning for the drive to our next campsite, Mt Surprise. We stopped for lunch in Croydon - nothing like its English namesake! In its Gold Rush days it boasted a population of about 7,000, and 90 hotels!! Only 1 hotel left now, and a population of about ?250. The Gulflander train (a
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