Day42

Day 42 Tuesday 29th May
Today Sunny , temp21-31Deg.
Off to a slow start today no rush.
We went to the Mt Isa tourist centre for a look see and ended up staying the whole day. The centre has a Fossil section. Which had this paelontoligist( rock doctor) who just loved his work and spoke to us for ages. In the end we had to walk away as we would still be there!!!!
From there we watched some movies all about The Isa . Then it was off to a underground mine tour.Well we have done a few mine tours but this was by far the best we have ever done!
The guide was a ex-miner Named Steve what this man didn’t know about Mt Isa, you don’t need to know!
We all (18) got dressed up in overalls ,miners hat, boots, and helmet light. Once we got down in the mine, we all rode the rail car to the mine face. There we all had goes on the equipment and saw some in action. He also told us about the obsolete equipment which gets pushed down a huge hole and buried. Even 2 year old Toyotas #%**.
The tour ended at 4.30 after 3 hours wow.!
Then off to the shops which incidentally shut here at 5.00 on the dot !!! We fuelled up ready for the morning, you have got to love Queensland’s prices, ULP $1.25 Lpg 68 cents.
Back to the park for a pre pack up, in readiness for moving tomorrow this time to Winton.
Once again a big day full of excitement . See you all tomorrow in Cyberspace!!!!