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| After leaving Cloncurry, we made the short (120km) drive on the Barkly Highway to Mount Isa. Mt Isa has developed since the discovery of lead deposits here by John Campbell Miles in 1923. The town developed from there with the mines on the western side of the Leichhardt River (mineside), and the town on the east side (townside), eventually being declared a city only in 1968; The newest city in Oz. |
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.jpg "Cloncurry to Mt Isa on the Barkly Highway - a Burke and...")
.JPG "Mount Isa town centre lookout")
.JPG "The mining from Mount Isa town centre lookout")
.JPG "The mining and the town centre from the lookout")
.JPG "The town centre from the lookout. The underground...")
.JPG "The Hard Times Mine from the lookout.")
.JPG "Mt Isa toward the east")
.JPG "Mt Isa toward the west.")
.JPG "Mt Isa - at the Irish Club for an early dinner.")
.JPG "Mt Isa - inside an original Melbourne tram at the Irish...")
.JPG "Sunset timeframe from the Mt Isa lookout.")
.JPG "Mt Isa shale")
.JPG "Sunset timeframe from the Mt Isa lookout.")
.JPG "Mt Isa smelter smoke stack - approx 250metres high")
.JPG "Mt Isa underground minehead - the \"90\"...")
.JPG "Mt Isa Underground Hospital")
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