Town Walk - Karumba

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  • Artesian Bore
    The town's only water supply was from the artesian bore until 1988 when sulphuric content was deemed unsafe for consumption. The metal A-frame standing behind the fire station is all that remains now.

  • B Block
    This beautiful example of South African architecture was built originally as a radio control facility for the flying boats, owned and operated by Qantas and the British Airways. The entire complex block became the base for the 43rd squadron, flying operational patrols in World War II.

  • Boat Cruises
    There are several Boat Cruises on offer in Karumba for recreational fishing, crabbing, crocodile spotting and bird watching. It's the perfect way to learn about our unique area with the knowledgeable tour guides.

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    There are several Boat Cruises on offer in Karumba for recreational fishing, crabbing, crocodile spotting and bird watching. It's the perfect way to learn about our unique area with the knowledgeable tour guides.

  • Karumba Point Beach
    Karumba Point Beach is the only beach in the Gulf of Carpentaria that is accessible by bitumen road. Enjoy walking along the beachfront and watching the sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria. Picnic tables and amenities are also available, while relaxing watching the sunset or fishing.

  • Krystina & Ron Pawlowski
    Krystina and Ron were famous crocodile shooters in the 1950s. Karumba Point Service Station now stands where Krystina and Ron in 1965, the couple started Australia's first crocodile farm in Karumba, but were eventually forced to close.

  • Les Wilson Barramundi Discovery Centre
    This informative tourist attraction that incorporates the only hatchery in the world that breeds the Southern Gulf strain of barramundi. The Centre has a hatchery which runs breeding programs producing fingerlings which are eventually released back into the rivers.

  • Live Cattle Export
    The first live cattle transported from Karumba were in 1900. Export ceased during WWII and then started exporting again in the 1950s. Still until today cattle are exported regular in the dry season to Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. There is no access to this facility.

  • Raptis & Sons
    Shannon Bros built a meat works on this site, it lasted two years before going into liquidation. AW Anderson 'The Sausage King' bought it and continued meat works. It burnt down in the 1950s and was converted into a prawn processing plant. A. Raptis & Sons bought it in 1977.

  • Refuelling
    This small brick building was originally an oil and foam storage facility for the flying boats. The foam was to extinguish fires by running a hose down to the boat ramp if a fire accrued. Another larger rounded brick structure behind this building was used for fuel storage.

  • Sunderland Park
    The towns Cenotaph is here looking out at the Norman River. Beautiful scenery of the boats, wharf and the Norman River can be viewed here. Point: Karumba heritage walk is a chance to find out more about Karumba and surrounds. This walk also incorporates linking town and the Point.

  • Town Boat Ramp
    This large concrete pad was built by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a spillway in the early 1940s to get Catalina and the Short Sunderland aircraft in and out of the water. Catalina photo gallery is situated at Carpentaria Fuels.

  • What's In A Name
    The Norman Mouth, as it was originally known, changed to Kimberly and later to stop confusion with Kimberly in the Northern Territory it was changed again to Karumba believed to be an aboriginal word meaning 'Spirit of an old man'.