Mt Isa Arrival

This morning we took off after a quick pack up and stopped at McKinlay where the Walkabout Creek Hotel is. We got some photos but couldn’t go in because it wasn’t beer o’clock. It is another small town, one of many, and Nat made a good point in trying to imagine the amount of commotion created when Paul Hogan and his crew invaded the town to do the Crocodile Dundee shoots at the pub – it must have been crazy…

Contrary to popular belief the pub is in outback QLD not NT as depicted in the movie.

Through to Cloncurry and we timed it perfectly to spend some time with our good mate Geoff Goss who I worked with for a number of years in the Gong and on the Gold Coast.It was good to catch up and we will speak soon buddy.

Into the Isa afterward & Mavvy was blowing up wanting an ice cream, so we found a place called McDonalds and they calmed down for a while. As soon as they get what they want, they seem to digress back into not listening and doing what they want.......

We chose The Top Tourist park for the next 2 days & the boys are scooting and bike riding like crazy kids, I guess that is good because it kept them out of our way for a while so we could set up. We plan to go up to the lookout tonight, & maybe do a mine tour tomorrow depending on mental state of our children. We can also do the water park, the dam or the city area walk…..There seems to be a bit to do here so I think it might be a good little stay. It reminds me a bit of Wollongong in that there is a massive mine site in the middle of a town built around it, much like the steelworks in the Gong, a real eyesore but massive in scale in its own right.

I have a lot of friends competing in IronMan Australia today and they are all going pretty well to date. Well done everybody, another huge effort by all and congratulations on another finish.

Jase