17-32 degC, cloudy with lots of sun, warm in Mt Isa
We were on the road just after 8 am because we thought we might be stopping to see stuff, and wanted to get to Mt Isa at a decent time to get ready to go to the pub for dinner. As it turned out, the only place to stop was Dajarra, and whilst we did stop to brew up, we didn't stop for any longer than was necessary. The local kids were tearing around on their quads right near us and making a hell of a din.
The scenery today was varied again: lots of nothing (flat, featureless, deserty) interspersed with quite wooded, green grassy, spinifex areas. There were even a few puddles in the creek lines. We also crossed the Manganese Ridge which was very pretty and a bit of a change.
We arrived at Mt Isa a tad before 1 pm, set up, had lunch, then an LLD. To stretch the legs we walked some of the way into town, stopping at Harvey Norman and Supercheap. Bought an external in-line water filter at Supercheap as the one we had broke when we tried to hook it up this afternoon. Back to the van for a cuppa and a load of washing before heading out to the pub - The Overlander Hotel. The last time we dined there was with Gunther & Yvonne back in 2018, 30th June in fact, and the meals were good. Tonight they wer just as good. Lucky we had the 1 km walk home to settle the tummies.
Very early morning, again, Boulia
Corellas in their 1000s, waking up
Camels at sunrise at the van park, Boulia
Wendy loved the colours in the sky, so tried to capture the reflections as well
All the different sceneries today, including one looking backwards
Dajarra memorial to Peter Craigie, the only person from Dajarra to sign up for WW1
Us at Dajarra
The house on the hill at Mt Isa near the caravan park
