Croydon

It is 74 klms from Normanton to Karumba and back again; just to get anti-itch medication.

It was important for me, to be away from further sandfly bites, so we decided to head for Croyon, a favourite small town of ours, to seek some relief from the persistent biting and allergic reation.

Croydon has a population of approx 300. It is a very neat and tidy town with an amazing heritage area where you are free to wander in and out of all the beautifully renovated buildings and learn about the town's history. The details of the heritage area are in a very much earlier blog from five years ago, if you want to find out more.

The caravan park in town has a lovely swimming pool. We took our unpowered campsite under hthe trees to discover that the fridge had not been working since early that morning. So with much reluctance we selected another site with power, whilst Peter, tried to detect the problem.

A couple of local electricians at the nearby service station tested the fridge cable and found it to be ok. They thought the problem may still reside with the fridge lead, because when the lead gets kinked, it often shorts the fuse. Which is what had happened. A new fuse and the fridge started working again.

The next day was spent in and out of the pool. As it was 32degrees C, it was lovely to be able to get cool and wet.

That evening there was a special film night at the heritage community hall. A number of local Heritage Association members had spent many hours repairing and renovating the 1920's film projector. So we went the town hall to see it working.

We found that the school children of Croyden Primary School were putting on a performance before the film started. It was immediately obvious who the Principal was, because she did all the work; moving chairs, organising children etc. Her "death stare" was great. The kids stopped talking and listened straigt away. We couldn't tell who were the teachers because they hardly seemed to interact with the students, even when they were misbehaving.

Anyway the show was fun and reminded me of similar shows that we have put on at the various primary schools in which I've worked.