There can be a lot of changes in forty-five years!

Fitzroy Crossing today is vastly different to the old town I knew in 1969 ..... which is probably a good thing. The town is 2 kms. to the south of where the old settlement was. I get lost here now. I couldn't find the Old Crossing of the river today, but John found it eventually. There were numerous disasters here, as the road trains with over 200 head of cattle on board had to hurtle down one side of the Crossing trying to keep up enough momentum to get up the other side.                                                                                                  

Prior to reaching the Crossing, they blew their horns for 2 kms to get everyone off the causeway and out of the way! Those were the days .........

They cross quite sedately today on this bridge.