Gulf and Kakadu tour, 2015 Day 4 and 5

It had been cool overnight but no dew on the awning meant packing up was pretty simple after a brekky of bacon and eggs. We left Undara at about 8:15 am and headed out to the highway, turning west and heading towards Normanton. We stopped briefly at Mt Surprise for a refuelling stop before heading onto Croydon for lunch. Over lunch we planned out the next couple of days travel. 

We decided to stay at Leichhardt Lagoon - a bush camping place about 20 kms south of Normanton and explore Normanton and Karumba the following day. We have a nice camp amongst the trees surrounding a lagoon which has plenty of bird life and supposedly no crocs. This time I set up my light weight shelter instead of the car awning but I probably don't need it as it is quite warm and dry. 

Overnight there was no dew and I packed away the sleeping bag and blanket as if was too warm for them.  We slept in the next morning and had a leisurely time around camp until leaving around 10 am. A quick refuel in Normanton and a few photos of the big concrete croc and the purple pub before heading north to Karumba. 

We drove around the dock area of Karumba first and then headed over to the beach section. The caravan parks here were packed with tourists and boating and fishing seemed to be the main occupation. There was a pub right on the beach so we decided to have lunch here and I had an excellent Prawn Bucket. 

On the way back to camp I picked up some fresh prawns and bread rolls for dinner. We dropped into the river opposite the camp site and saw a few small crocs but they were pretty shy and didn't really hang around for photos. Back at camp we relaxed for the rest of the afternoon and got ready to head off to Lawn Hill national park the following morning.