After 3 days of camping without power, our fridge was not
doing very well on gas. It seems to be okay for 2 days at a time, but then we
need to be on 240 volt again to cool things down. The weather is getting warmer
than it has been, too, adding to the problem. So we decided to go to the
caravan park in Normanton to power up the fridge, recharge the battery, etc.
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| Before we left Leichhardt Lagoon, we had to empty the Portaloo. No frills at this dump point! |
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| Shut the gate, and please call again! |
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| But it had to be opened first, and that is the co-pilot's job. |
We stocked up on groceries for the weekend – hard to do when
the shops are not particularly well-supplied. We also needed to replace our
port, only to find that it is not sold in this part of Queensland, in fact the
bottle-shop owner showed me the register for any large purchase of alcoholic
beverages which included the registration of the purchasers vehicle. The
restrictions on alcohol consumption are taken quite seriously up here. Oh well, going without was not going to do us any harm....
In the cool of the evening we went for a bit of
a walk around, and then had a comfortable cool night.
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| Inside the Burns Philp & Co building, part of which is now used as Information Centre and Library for Normanton. |
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| Burns Philp & Co building from Normanton's heyday. The 1974 floods came to just underneath the floorboards (@ bottom of the car window) |
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| Krys the crocodile. Lifesize model of an 8.6 metre crocodile shot in 1957. Lucky for Joke that he's just eaten.... |
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| Flood meter on the side of a building in Normanton's main street. The 1974 floods came to 8.8 metres - grass level in this picture. |
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| Bridge across the Norman River |
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| Joke at the Norman River |
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| And another sunset to close the day off with... |
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