Karumba - Gulf Country

After not being able to drive the Savannah Way from NT to Qld mainly due to road closures from the unseasonal rain, Michael was still desperate to do the Gulf Country, so we headed north to Karumba, a small fishing town on the Gulf of Carpentaria - apparently one of the best fishing spots in Australia! We wouldn't want to miss out on that!


Sunset on the Gulf...

Michael and Harry still determined to catch a fish (any kind would do) headed off on a half day fishing charter while Ollie, Will and I were left to explore the town. Well that took about 5 mins - the bakery and supermarket were about as good as it got! Karumba is a funny place - full of grey nomads who fish. The van park was wall to wall landcruisers, caravans and boats - the men fish and the women play bingo or attend craft sessions! Some of them stay up there for months - extraordinary...


Success at last - finally we can relax! Harry so excited and proud to have caught 4 mackeral and 4 bream. Michael also scored well on the catching front and apparently they caught the most fish on the boat!!! By all accounts it was a great morning and we had beautiful fresh fish for lunch and dinner. Unfortunately we had to give some away as the boys don't actually like fish and we were not so keen to have it travel with us for days in the esky in the car!


Fish gutting and scaling at the van park - fortunately this did not fall into my domain!


Farewell to the Gulf - it was great to have reached the Gulf.