Saturday, 27 February 2016

Concrete & more concrete........

Tac is screeding the first half of an 80sqm slab to extend the
entertainment area.

The second half of the slab goes in.

One of the many rows of concrete caravan slabs that Tac and Luke have poured.
They must be up to about 70 slabs, we have lost count!!!

Those sunsets keep on coming...........

Sunday, 21 February 2016

On our day off.........

It's nice to relax and enjoy a day off ......

Not a bad looking grunter......

......but this is a better one and tasted great too!!!!

This catfish took all my strength to land it on the beach!


Finally a beer at the "Animal Bar" in Karumba town.  It's not hard to build up a thirst in this heat!

Saturday, 13 February 2016

The wandering mudcrab!!

Big Kev with a mudcrab that Tac came across casually wandering around the park.
The lucky bugger was returned to the water even though he was just legal size!

Enjoying a well earned 'coldie' at the local.......

Farewell dinner for John (with his thumbs up) a coworker in the park whose
next stop is Darwin.

The Sunset Tarvern is true to its name..........

The extreme weather is nothing like we have ever experienced before.

Saturday, 6 February 2016

Another week in Karumba...........

This weeks blog sunset is a ripper!

Tac and Luke are helping Kev on the tractor to level the site for another concrete slab.

I am Tac's apprentice for the day drilling holes for the rivets!

Tac is fishing for a barra but no luck just Mosquitos which were so thick it was hard to see!!!!

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Hard at work.........

Fishing off the beach at Karumba Point keeping an eye out for crocs!

Another species we have never seen before which is a jewel fish.

The sunsets are different every night and never fail to impress!

Tac is hard at work putting in the new
 partitions in the amenity block.

Edging the concrete to help Tac before
the concrete goes off which can happen
very quickly in the heat!

Saturday, 23 January 2016

Sunset at Karumba........

The sunsets are amazing in Karumba just opposite from where we are working in a caravan park for the next 6 weeks or so. We are part of the team renovating the park before the season starts and the grey nomads arrive!

Tac's mate the huge green tree frog who lives in the men's toilets.

Tac hard at work screeding a concrete slab while the boys are
watching and having a laugh!  

A row of slabs complete in the park only about 100 or so to go!!

My job is a labourer doing a bit of painting and other odd jobs.


Saturday, 16 January 2016

The Savannah Way........

We left Tinaroo & started the first leg of journey along the Savannah Way.  This pub in Ravenshoe is the highest in Qld!

Took a walk to the Millstream falls which are apparently the widest falls in Australia
when they are at their full capacity.

Sections of the Gulf Development Road are only one skinny lane
of bitumen.  It makes passing a road train a bit hairy!!

Stayed overnight at Normanton, a small outback town and
had an icy cold xxxx at the Albion Hotel. 

Tac checks out the monster croc in the Main Street which is
supposed to be a true replica of the largest croc ever caught in Qld.

The plains on the sides of the road are flooded after a bit of rain.

The sky looks amazing with the
rain in the distance.

A bit further on and the road starts to flood
in spots.  Imagine what it would be like
in a huge wet season!

We made it to Karumba a small fishing village on the edge of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
It is the only beach on the gulf accessible by a bitumen road.