Blogs from Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

We arrived in Mt Isa early yesterday and settled in for a few days stay, today we joined a great bus tour of the MIne and learnt heaps about the Lead, Copper Zinc and Silver that is mined here. We were told about the discovery by Cambell Mile and the way the mine divided the town for years. How the mine works with it 32 levels underground and more than 900 km of tunnels. We saw up close and personally the gigantic Black Star open mine that will be 800 mts deep when its finished, and all the big 250 tonne tip trucks the girls drive in and out of it. We stopped at the base of the 273 mtr high copper stack that towers over the city. Steve and the gils then ventured underground down ... read more

Ok so I just had an amazing idea and printed off a map of Australia and ive drawn a route of where we drove from Brisbane to Alice Springs!! Wooo!! As you can see there are 4 coloured dots, just to put the journey you have just read about into perspective! THE GREEN DOT is “Dalby” where we spent our first night! (I actually called it “Balby” on my blog so 10 points whoever spotted the deliberate mistake!!) THE YELLOW DOT is “Longreach” which was probably the biggest town along the way, where we stopped and used the internet and tried to fix the car for the thousandth time!!! THE PINK DOT is “Mount Isa” where there are slight hills!! This is where we nearly got arrested for using the swimming pool!!! THE RED DOT is ... read more

Golf day.... read more

Still here. Hot day today at 35 deg. We thought that the smoke hanging around the town was usual but discovered today that there are fires near Tennant Creek which are the cause of it. Click on 'View full entry' for more photos. ... read more

Not even one photograph today. Just had a quiet day pottering around at the caravan park. Hopefully a bit more activity tomorrow. ... read more