http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog Travel ideas for those on the road in Australia Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:38:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/03/09/great-driving-holidays-normanton-to-quamby-queensland/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/03/09/great-driving-holidays-normanton-to-quamby-queensland/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:47:31 +0000 spida http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=1020 LEAVING Normanton, we headed south to a teeny, weeny place called Quamby.
The roadtrip was surprisingly easy thanks to good roads and not a lot of road trains, thankfully on this particular day. There were plenty of cattle, though, so you still have to be careful. The cattle around these parts seem to have sound road skills. Believe it or not, I actually saw a herd of cows stop and wait and then cross the road, unlike the horses up around Cooktown who wait, then run out in front of you!
There is little warning that Quamby is approaching, so [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/03/09/great-driving-holidays-normanton-to-quamby-queensland/feed/ 0 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/02/13/great-driving-holidays-mt-surprise-to-normanton-qld/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/02/13/great-driving-holidays-mt-surprise-to-normanton-qld/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:19:20 +0000 spida http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=1007 WHAT A CROC!
FROM Mt Surprise we head further west and back out almost to the coast to a quaint little place called Normanton. This is the home of the largest salt water crocodile ever officially recorded. And you better believe it!
The local publican still has the original photograph of it. This croc came out during a wicked flood and a local lad shot it, 14 times, with his .22 calibre rifle. It could swallow you whole in one gulp and you wouldn’t even touch the sides! No wonder all the farmers were missing a ton of cattle in [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2010/02/13/great-driving-holidays-mt-surprise-to-normanton-qld/feed/ 0