DAY 35 - LEAVING THE GOOD LIFE IN KARUMBA TO HEAD BACK TO WORK

Hello everyone!

After some delays in the drilling at Croydon, we managed to have a long weekend in Karumba and fitted a bit in while there.

Well everything is well in the universe here in Queensland with the Brisbane Broncos winning the grand final and sales of XXXX beer up here in the gulf went well as well.

We made the road trip to the Burke & Wills campsite 119 which was their most northerly. Those unfamiliar with Australian history, Burke and Wills were the first European explorers to travel Australia from south to north through the middle in the 19th century and perished on the way in the desert.

While in Normanton, we did the touristy thing and took photos of ourselves at the Big Barramundi and the Big Croc “Krys”. We have still yet to get the photo out the front of the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour!

The sunsets in Karumba (while enjoying a cold beer) were definitely a highlight for us.

All the holidayers we talked to told us to check out the “Barramundi Discovery Centre” which was a pretty amazing place….we saw the prize fish (some up to 1.2m long) up close and even feed them. Shame we couldn’t take just one for dinner tonight!

We are now making the long drive back to the drilling camp, where we will be out of touch for another week. Hope this posting finds you all well.

DORD & NEIL J