Carol Real and husband Don took up Carodon in 1968, drawing it in a ballot.

Originally part of Eulolo, Carodon had very little infrastructure when the Reals moved there, and so they literally had to start from scratch.

After 51 years, the Reals sold Carodon in 2019 and moved to Mt Isa.

The postcode changed three times while the Reals were at Carodon, receiving their mail orginally from the Gilliat post office (postcode 4830), then from McKinlay post office (postcode 4816) and finally Julia Creek post office (postcode 4823).

Carol tells me Carodon was hard work, but a lot of fun at the same time.

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