Sarus Crane near Normanton

Day 144 - Karumba to Normanton

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August 18th 2015
There are at least three Caravan Parks in Karumba (including Karumba Point). We booked in to one at Karumba Point (partly due to the glossy brochure I had picked up along the way which depicted this magnificent sunset over the Gulf). Unfortunately, our Caravan Park must have been a different one - our site looked out on to the junk yard of the park and then over the fence to some salt flats (wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Normanton

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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