mt suprise to karumba

We were up early but having to decamp took at little longer than we planned but even so we said goodbye to bedrock and hit the road.

the camp at mt supriseNot far out of mt suprise we hit upon some truly stunning scenery and fabulous riding through a low range of hills and escartpments that defiies description, but as there was nowhere to stop safely to take photos, i'll have to give it a crack.

The soil was a mixture of reds and ocres with outcrops of large, round boulders, heaped up in piles of random beauty, that ranged from red to jet black. Cover this with a soft haze of muted greens and browns under an outrageously big blue sky and you start to get an idea. Or for those of you with an artistic bent, think somewhere between albert namajira and fred williams.

It was sad to leave that little part of the world as the riding was so good and it was so beautiful to look at and because we were back on the flat, straight roads of the plains.

We stopped for a coffee, and a good one at that, in georgetown and then pressed onto croyden for lunch of a most excellent burger and fuel.

While in croyden we also got the good oil on where to stay in karumba but were told that as it was peak fishing season we may have some trouble. Feeling confident we decided to head there anyway as we had been told that the sunsets over the gulf were something to behold. We passed through normanton stopping just long enough for the big fella to wrestle with a big barra, get eaten by a big croc and to get a photo of the purple pub.

this too has never been done before

The road into karumba is incredibly flat with little in the way of vegetation other than browm grass. As we headed for the sunset caravan park, our recommended destination, we passed several other caravan parks that were chack-a-block with 4wds, vans and boats, who knew fishing was so popular? I was a little concerned about our chances of accommodation but the big fella, in his inimitable style, managed to jag a uint that was completely brilliant. After a quick chat with the locals we had a plan, a bit of a look around town, then on to the sunset tavern to watch the sunset, then across the road to ash's for their world famous barra and chips.

The plan went perfectly. We took in the beaches and everything else that was worth looking at and headed for the tavern for the first cold beer of the day. the sunset taven has a spectacular outlook over the gulf with lots fo shady trees to sit under and drink beer while watching, what turned out to be a truly beautiful sunset. After the sun went down we grabbed a couple take aways and wandered over the ash's for their world famous barra and chips (which was great but i don't think it was as good as the barra at the lions den) and then back to the unit for an early evening.

beers at the sunset tavernsunset at karumba

our exact location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-17.461,140.8274&ll=-17.461,140.8274&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Comments

[the wife]

oh mu god - now I understand why you two were raving about it so much - how incredible - all that beauty and comedy photos as well - heaven