Blogs from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Well, the Undara Experience tour operator got back to me, declining to provide a copy of their annual financial report and unable to give any good reasons for their ... read more

We’ve had a mixed few days since our last instalment, with some very touristy activities and some food for thought about the struggles and sacrifices to settle these areas in the first place. Longreach is a very nice little town on the Thomson River, now a little bit more prosperous after we visited all its attractions. Some of these attractions are well known – the Qantas Founders Museum, for example with everything from their original hangar to a 747, which, rather sadly, although it was able to land on Longreach’s short airstrip, will never take off again. We thought the museum was quite well done, with lots of interesting exhibits and good audio-visual stuff as well. The focus is on the early days and the two barnstorming WW1 pilots who started the whole thing, rather than ... read more

Friday 5th – Today we were going on an underground mine tour so the alarm was set for 7:00am. When we woke up we were both FREEZING cold so we got the little fan heater out and warmed the caravan through! It’s been months since we felt chilly enough to need to do that. Our tour didn’t start until 9:00am and it was still early so I went off and did some washing and hung it out to dry. We were at the Information Centre by 8.40 so had plenty of time to have another look around before the tour started. At 9.00am our Tour Guide, Bill arrived and ushered us along a corridor where we were issued with some orange disposable overalls, a hard safety helmet and a sophisticated belt. We donned the overalls but, ... read more

Wow, only 1 sleep til we leave the Isa, and only 3 sleeps til we leave the COUNTRY!! It is such an exciting time for us, in case you didn't realise, we are now going away to Egypt as well for 14days, so it means we won't be getting back to Australia until the 20th January, 2011!! That seems such a long way away!! For those of you who haven't seen this yet, this is our travelblog. You have been subscribed to it, so every time we update it and add photos, you will recieve an email. Also, you can set www.mytb.org/grummitts as your home page, that way you will just get to see it as soon as you open up the internet!! We hope to update it regularly, and load many photos too, so we ... read more

Hey everyone, This is our travelblog webpage!! We hope that you will subscribe to this webpage and every time we update it and add some photos, an e-mail will be sent to you!! Also, you can set www.mytb.org/grummitts as your home page, that way you will just get to see it as soon as you open up the internet!! We hope to update it regularly, and load many photos too, so we would love it if you followed us on our journey!! Thanks heaps, Mish and Jess... read more