road to isa

Day 17 - Karumba to Mt Isa

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April 24th 2015
Another big driving day today! headed off at sparrow f@rt to make sure we had plenty of time to get to Mt Isa. We needed to be somewhere that was sure to have a dawn service for Anzac Day tomorrow. Not a lot of towns between here and there up this way! Unfortunately we had to get diesel so had to wait in Normanton until the shop opened at 7am. So we made a cuppa and toast in our camp toaster an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mt Isa

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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