Big Croc at Normanton

This is a lifesize monument to the largest croc every caught - it was 28ft 4ins and was caught in the river just behind the town by a woman in 1957. We were told by a local that it was the length of the monument but not as fat.

Lightning Ridge to Gulf

June 17th 2008
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 w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Karumba

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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