Leichardt River Crossing

September 1st 2012
Savannah Way 4. > Normanton > Karumba 1st Sept.2012 Leaving Burketown the first river we cross is the Albert River, very little water to be seen, but, the span of the bridge is close to 200 mtrs and the river bed is beds of sand with paperbarks and other shrubs on higher areas. Again, this river during the wet must be awesome to see. The road, we were told, is bitumen for th ... read more

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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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Mike and Trish

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Hi, we are Mike and Trish and about to start the next phase of our lives. Over thirty years ago we travelled from London to Kathmandu which instilled in us a love of travel. We live in Australia and since our initial adventure have done the "family thing". During this period we have maintained our travel bug by regular trips OS but mostly by 4WDing and camping trips throughout this great country. Now it is time to do the big lap, "The Wrong Way Around." We have sold up in Kyneton, Victoria and put into storage what we wish to keep to furnish our next 'base' and the plan is to travel for at lea... full info

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29th September 2012

Wendy Turvey
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Did you catch and Barra's while you were at Karumba the in-laws were there about 2yrs ago and didn't catch much so moved to around the Blackbull/Croyden area and had a great time hoping to go back again next year. glad your still having a grea time

30th September 2012

MikeandTrishV
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Fishing ...
....If there were an ocean full of Salmon, Mulloway, Barra and Mangrove Jack and only one catfish, (probably undersized!), I would only catch the catfish! We were given fish and that was our saving grace, and yes, we had some magnificent wild Barra, just beautiful.

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