After saying goodbye to new friends Col and Jen from Kurri Kurri,
we travelled west along the Barkly Highway from Cloncurry to Mt Isa as we prepared to exit Queensland. On the way we called in at the ruins of the town of Mary Kathleen, halfway between Cloncurry and ‘the Isa’. It was a major disappointment as there is very little of the town left.
In Mt Isa we went on the Hard Times Mine Tour. This involved going down a mine in the middle of the town, created by miners to illustrate what a contemporary working mine and an older mine is like. We donned miner’s wellies, bright orange overalls and hard hats and stayed underground for two hours. We are now quite sure, even if we weren’t before, that we do not want to be miners, even given the pay rates that were quoted to us. The tour was good as we got to play with a variety of machinery and gain an understanding of what goes on in a mine. Marty was in top form and let me know that he couldn’t find a matching pair of boots and had to wear one size 8 regular (right) and one size 8 large (left)!!.
We also got an understanding of Mt Isa by going up the town’s lookout.
The caravan park where we stayed put on a singer (Just Helen) as entertainment each night. She song both types of music (country and western) and whilst Marty was watching the footy in the pub I bought 3 CDs to listen in the car.
Finally after entering Queensland on 17 April we exited on 19 July after travelling a further 202 km to the border via Camooweal.
What shall we miss about Queensland?
The word ‘eh’ added on to the end of sentences
All the Victorians on the road.
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