What a beautiful day, at 10am it was 26 degrees, ist not far, great for a day trip. The Gulf of Carpentaria is glorious and the village is at the mouth of the Norman River. It’s very much a fishing place, lots of caravan parks and every vehicle has ‘a Tinny on the top’ we felt quite naked!
There was a market on in the grounds of a restaurant right on the water’s edge. It was interesting. I bought some nice nut mix, dried prunes & ginger. Later I was talking to a couple of stall holders and asked about the change from 3 years ago. Today was ‘dead’, restaurant empty & very few at the market. Answer was, change of owner not putting in the effort and change of Chief, also it seems a poor season or maybe a late one.
We had to have our Fish & Chip lunch at Ash’s ship.....same as 3 years ago! Brian bought a very nice Tee shirt from there also.
A memory flash from aJulia Creek.....an experience at the Supermarket......I was looking for butter and couldn’t find it so asked this colourful character bandanna, brightly coloured clothes, bare feet, a great smile, willing & wanting to talk. He even carried my Shopping across the road to the car. He is just working for some cash as he is walking right around Australia!! At one stage he was doing it as fund raising but couldn’t exist on what he made, so now he is just doing it for himself. I wouldn’t be surprised if was Budist or something like that. He was so nice. Steven is his name, indeterminable age! I enjoyed that interaction.
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