The Platform at Normanton Railway Station

The Station was built in 1888 to service the flourishing copper and cattle industries. The Supervising Engineer devised a new system to make it quicker to lat the track and help stop it needing repairs after every flood. The sleepers are hollow based and packed with mud so they don't need ballast, which washes away. Unfortunately, this means that the tracks are smaller and move more so they are less comfortable. At least it can still run in the wet!

Official and Unofficial Paper Day

August 15th 2014
Today is very overcast. I am so glad we chose to go to Karumba yesterday. It wouldn’t look so nice today. Barry is having a sleep-in after all the driving. We’re having an easy day with me trying to catch up the blog. We heard from Brent last night and he mentioned a Centrelink letter that had arrived over a week ago and only had 21 days to be dealt with. Nothing like late notice! Fortunately ... 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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