Gregory Downs was so nice that even the princess took the plunge!!After a couple of days it was time to move on to Adele Grove and Lawn Hill National Park.
This was the free camp site that we were told about at Gregory Downs - beautiful spot. The boys loved it and spent a large part of the next two days in the water. Free flowing spring fed Gregory river. It apparently never runs dry like a lot of rivers do in the dry season because it is supplemented by a massive artesian spring that runs a couple of hundred kilometres west into the Northern Territory.
The highlight of Burketown....or so it seemed after a few hours in the car. A suspect person hanging out at the local loo!!We met a chap from Gosford who told us about a lovely campsite he was staying at near the river at Gregory Downs. We decided to have lunch there and check it out. We weren't disappointed....
Midway between Normanton & Burketown is this nice waterfall - Leichardt Falls. Joey & Sam enjoying the view.
On route to Burketown. Qld's 'Wild West' equivalent. The corrugated dirt roads not very good for the X-trail. We had a good trip across from Normanton without any mishap.
North of Normanton is Karumba, a small town that is the fishing mecca for Southerners who trek north every year to catch the famous 'Barra' or Barrumundi fish
This is the details of the Croc below - Krys the Savannah King Croc
At Normanton stands this life sized model of a 9 metre saltwater crocodile - Krys! It is supposed to be the largest ever shot or captured. The lady who shot this monster is even scarier - she ate her husband (not really)!! Normanton was about 34 degrees and already seeming to be humid! Probably nothing compared to the heat and humidity of summer wet season.
the princess taking a plunge,looks more like hanging on for her life, and at normanton with krys, is a good photo also .well you know what they say ,we all have a favourite tom. andnow e have the photographic evidence
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