Cairns to Uluru road trip: Best stops, distance & drive time

Cairns to Normanton drive: Croydon to Normanton

Otherwise, blast down a drab stretch of highway for the 154km from Croydon to Normanton.

Normanton is what passes for a hub town in the Gulf Savannah. Again, it’s a former gold rush town with a smattering of handsome heritage buildings.

Around 30km to the south-west is Burke and Wills Camp 119, the final camp on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition which narrowly failed to cross the continent.

But by far the most photographed attraction in Normanton is Krys the Crocodile, a giant model of supposedly the largest crocodile ever caught in Australia

Normanton accommodation options include the Normanton Tourist Park and Gulfland Hotel.

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