Mount Isa from the City Lookout

Mount Isa

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January 14th 2009
Even though I'm yet to depart, Mount Isa is my starting point. My family and I moved here for work about seven weeks ago and we've been presently surprised. If you're not into active travel then Mount Isa probably isn't for you; the shopping's terrible, there's one small cinema in town and there's not much else for the lethargic other than the pubs. But if you don't mind getting out then ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more