Karumba

Karumba is one of those places you feel you need to visit at least once in your life. It’s pretty much the only point at which you can access the Gulf of Carpenteria, sitting on the banks of the Norman River that feeds into the gulf. It is most well known for its prawning industry, in particular Banana and Red Tiger 🍤. Unlike the Tigers, Banana prawns come out during the day - they bury themselves beneath the sand and create huge swirls of sand as they rise to the surface. Spotter planes then radio the coordinates to the prawning boats. It’s a dusty, dry old place - definitely not the lush, tropical scenery we had been used to! A tough little town for sure, and seasonal of course, arriving as we did at the end of their tourist season we missed out on their weekly markets however did manage to put up a table in the caravan park which earned us a few $$. Our time there was spent doing cruises for a bit of local history and croc spotting, and seafood dinner at the pub, unfortunately no mud crab though!Read more