Fitzroy Crossing

Friday.

Another easy drive to Fitzroy Crossing with Jenny doing most of the driving and Larry having a nap on the way. We called into a 24hr campsite at Mary Pool for a look and will remember that one for the future. I did speak to our new van neighbour iin FC and he said that there were over 85 vans there on Thursday night. Popular spot by the looks of it and probably even nicer when there is a bit more water in the river.

The drive was not very inspiring so we immersed ourselves in another talking book - this one called 'The Dog who could Fly' based on the true story of a Czech pilot during WWII and his comrade in arms, a german shepherd called Antis who flew missions with him and so even had his own oxygen mask adapted for him.  Antis went on to win the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.  A great story and apparently destined to made into a movie one day.

Checked into the Fitzroy River Lodge and  set up on a powered shady site so all good. We had to do some grocery shopping and had a look around. Didn't take long! Well the cruise on Geikie Gorge should be good tomorrow. That is the only reason we and most likely any other tourist is/are here.

We treated ourselves to take away barramundi, chips and salad for dinner from the lodge.  Well it is Friday night!

Saturday.

We had a lazy start to the day as we planned to go on the 9:30 am cruise. We arrived earlyish and waited around for a while reading the information and then a tourist coach pulled up.  The cattle, sorry passengers, all stampeded down to where we where so we vacated that area and stood under the trees waiting for the tour guide. We all walked down to the river like cattle and boarded the boat. The senior ranger/boat driver was very informative and easy to listen to so we had an interesting and relaxing cruise as there was plenty of room on the boat. There were a few freshies and a lot of various birds and also the rock formations to look at. The difference in colour between the light and dark is the normal water level during the wet season. That is a serious amount of water going into and then out of this river.  Think of it as being the amount of water leaving the mouth of the Fitzroy during the wet season being able to refill  a drained Sydney Harbour in four hours.  Wow.

Back into town and refuelled before heading back to our caravan.  Bacon and egg sandwiches for lunch and some washing done and then we shut ourselves in the caravan, cranked up the air conditioning and watched the footy.  If we keep very still the telly reception is good so that's a good excuse for a bit of immobility!