Cold night and morning, set off for Burketown, Normanton. Saw boiling spring at Burketown over Albert river and on through sparse country to Normanton. At Normanton Hotel with cartoons was just shutting and Leigh and others were thrown out with an aboriginal. Saw station, great, 100 years old no Gulflande there though. Had lunch at nice little shop salad nd corn beef, then inspected Bank of New South Wales and Shire Offices, restored hotel, Aboriginal co-op in Burns Philp Building was shut. Morris had gone to see meat works so we joined up with them across Norman River were old wharves. Then drove to Karumba a little fishing town. Big fishing boats in for layoff. Being painted etc. Drove out to Karumba point obviously a fishermans dream, caravans everywhere. Went for a drink at the pub rather rough and noisy. Young fellows at the end of the line. Few woman. Morris decided they will head for Cape York so frantic plans.
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