9 - 10 July 2025
We left Karumba after 4 fabulous nights and started to make our way back towards Ravenshoe where we would be house sitting again. We had nearly a week to get there so we had a few options for stops along the way. We decided to make our first camp at Cumberland Dam (also known as Cumberland Chimney) just outside of Georgetown.
We drove from Karumba through to Croydon where we stopped for lunch, fuel and a few supplies. Croydon has a mining history and a lovely lake where you can picnic, but we stayed in town and had lunch in the park as we still had quite a way to go. We didn't want to arrive too late at our destinationas we were aware it can get quite crowded.
Cumberland Dam is a well known free (donation) camp about 20km west of Georgetown and is very popular with the grey nomads, but our reason for staying there is for the birding. We drove in to the campground and had a bit of a look around before settling on a site that was a good size, reasonably level and not too far from the dam. We were only staying one night so stayed hitched up. Mick ventured off with the camera, as usual.
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| The dam is beautiful at sunset |
