Australia 2008 – Day 37

Calvert River to Normanton

Started the morning off by packing up camp and getting soaked crossing the Calvert River just out side of camp. We stayed wet for most of the day as there were many more river and creek crossings.

Made it to Hell’s Gate Roadhouse, but because the government revoked their liquor license, they are now closed and don’t sell fuel. Unsure how far our remaining fuel would get us, we had no other choice but to continue on. Running on fumes, we pulled into the aboriginal town of Doomadgee and arrived at the only gas station literally 5 minutes before it closed for the weekend. Fueled up, had a quick chat with the locals, downed a cold drink, and headed back out.

Camped at a Caravan park in Normanton for the night. Very hot.