Western Qld - Karumba to Croydon

Day 9 - Sunday 14th September, 2025

We had a group discussion yesterday about our first couple of destinations on our adventure home.  First stop today is Croydon, none of us have ever stopped there, we drove through Croydon donkeys years ago.  While packing up, the fellow camped behind us was chatting to Craig and asked where we were headed to today which he responded Croydon.  The fellow told Craig about the historical walk around Croydon and said it's worth doing.  We'll put that on our to do list.

Vacated Karumba Point about 8.00-8.30am, stopping in Normanton to top up fuel and pick up a couple of groceries at the Foodworks store, really good store, heaps of fresh fruit and vege at reasonable prices and all the other bakery and stores you'll need.

Pulling up at the caravan park about 2pm, we wandered in and booked into a couple of drive through sites which had some grass around, Barney was certainly happy to play on the grass.  After setting up, had a bit of lunch and then relaxed due to it being too hot to go on the historical walk just yet.  On the back of the caravan park map is the map for the historical walk with all the details on it.

About 3.40pm the decision was made to commence the historical walk.  Craig had to carry Barney across the road because the bitumen was way too hot for his little tooties.

Wow what an amazing Historical Precinct they have created and are still working on - Croydon what a little surprise package you are!  The streets even have old styped street lamps.  Within the precinct you have the Police Station and residence, jail cells complete with recording of a prisoners story (which Craig wasn't excepting and sh*t himself when it started up 😆  You've got the Courthouse and attached rooms filled with memoribilia of days gone by.  The old hall which is till used today as a picture theatre.  There are pathways winding through all the old building making it easy to get around.  Also the old Butcher shop which only closed in 1983!

Unfortunately or fortunately, depending how you look at it, the Croydon Pub is a part of the historical walk 🤔 so it would be rude not to go and have a look at this historical building would it not......  so we did, Barney got carried across the road again and we all went and partook in some refreshments, due to it being so hot and all.

Back at camp by say 5.30pm in time for afternoon drinks in the shade, while some of us had a nap 😴  Now, Croydon Caravan Park - a very pleasant place to stay, has plenty of powered sites, Cabins, 2 x Amenities Blocks, 2 x Camp Kitchens that are well equipped, a pool (which we enjoyed earlier in the afternoon), grass on some sites and it's quiet.  $35.00/per night power/water for 2 people, oh and dog friendly.

We considered dinner at the pub, but decided we all had enough food in our fridges and needed to eat it.  We have been pleasantly surprised by Croydon and happy we stopped here, we have all enjoyed our time in Croydon and would recommend to anyone travelling through to stop overnight and have a look around.