Been in Karumba for a week now, and as much as we would love to stay in such a wonderful community for the wet we have to say goodbye and move on. A couple of things are influencing the direction in which we take, the weather mainly.  Karumba has had one big downpour while we were here, a magnificent electrical storm came over a couple of days ago, and it builds up each day for another but hasn't been dropping its load here, so depending on where it has fallen will determine the route we take out.

 

Also, we have broken the outer door handle to the van and have resorted to opening the van with long nose pliers.  This works efficiently, however the girls have trouble with the operation and need assistance to enter, the closest town where repairs can be carried out is Mt Isa, so we will probably head in that general direction.



The girls will miss having power as they have enjoyed the airconditioned comfort of the van whilst on a powered site and admittedly so have I, especially in the hot still, humid nights. I will also miss

the walks along the beach, the collecting of shells, the breathtaking sunsets and drinks at the tavern.

I wont miss however, the mosquitos, they are so bad we have had the contractors come through fogging a couple of times since we've been here, it hasn't made too much of a difference, or maybe it has and they would be 10 times worse without it (OMG).