A day at The Isa

 Awake before dawn , we turned & went back to sleep till 8am . An excellent sleep with very little noise . 

 We decided to have a day out of the ute , so got the bikes down and went for a ride instead. We went down to the main road through town and headed back east to the lookout - we walked the bikes up the hill and rested at the top , taking in the 360 degree views . 

Mt Isa is built beside 3 mines that dominate the landscape , the city seems to take 2nd place hiding in the valley below . They mine Lead , Silver , Zinc & Copper .

 It is the largest place you drive into when going into Queensland from Northern Territory , so there is quite a bit of traffic flow through town . 

 We went down to Outback at Isa - at the visitor info centre , and had a look around - we will come back to here later to check it out properly - there is a mine tour , a fossil exhibition and an art exhibition .

Mining memorial - 75 years of mining in Mt Isa

 We had lunch outside and headed down the street to get some essentials, before making our way back to the park .

 We thought it would be nice to have a swim in the pool , but the water temperature kept us out of the water . Some salsa & beer would have to substitute for the swim .

 Time for some research on places to go and things to do & see , as we will be heading into the Northern Territory in the next week or so . 

 Some early warning for you , internet will be a bit marginal in the next week or two , so blog reports might be a bit hit & miss , but we will catch up !!