Sorry its been so long everyone we had such a great time in karumba and made some great new friends while we were there we went camping with the inlaws a couple of times and had such a great time first camping trip we went on was up to a place called the gilbert river this is on the burke development road heading up cape york and we camped on a river bank with a few freshwater crocodiles around.  Kristy and I both thought what have we created with our children when carter asked where is the shower and how was he going to wash his hair god we glamp to much. On the return trip home we went a different road which lead us past the entrance to one of australias biggest cattle stations called delta downs along this road we had to open a close a lot of gates and it had long stretches of bulldust. 

 

As most of you would have heard I also dabbled a bit with the locals my hectic lifestyle included Thursday night lawn bowls Friday morning bingo and Friday afternoon bocee I tell you I was exhausted by the end of Friday arv so I needed a nanny nap.  On one weekend we drove to nearby normanton to the local rodeo and we hung out with the locals if you know what I mean was a real eye opener watching them ge drunker and drunker and trying to understand what they are saying.  All in all was a good day and got us out of karumba for the day.

The other camping trip we went to was down to Gregory downs then out to lawn hill for the day words cant describe this place we canoed up through some of the most amazing gorges I have ever seen breathtaking is all I can say the only problem is we took the camera up there but forgot to take pictures we were both just in awe of the surroundings

 Grandad took the boys and I fishing as much as he could and the as much as it shits me to say the boys out fished me we had so much fun chasing blue nose salmon and grunter we managed to catch heaps of catfish I caught a small shark it wasn't the best season for fishing up there but we enjoyed going fishing anyway the pic of carter is of a barra that a guy behind us caught he got three in a day

 

The actual Melbourne cup came to town and it was probably the biggest thing to hit karumba in a long time also the next week was the school fete and they had a duck race but since the river is croc infested they had it in the local pool with fans blowing them down the pool there was one particular duck that took off down the pool leading by a mile then all of a sudden stopped about 4 meters away from finish line then one other duck took the lead then the lead duck took of after it but it was to late I felt sorry for the duck that came second then they pulled the winning ducks out of the pool and called out the numbers and bugger me it was bloody carters duck that was leading the whole way and we got bloody second then to rub it in first prize was $500 second prize a bloody meat tray so pissed off  meat was alright though I suppose we will miss karumba and so many great memories but we have to keep travelling and explore this amazing country of ours.

 First day here and billy just goes grabs his chair and scabs some chocolate cake