Day 39- Cloncurry to Mount Isa

Nothing much exciting happened today. Up and out of town nice and early. It was only a short trip (120km) and we were keen to get to Isa. And the trip was a good one. Trees!! And then the flat grasslands turned into little rocky mountains as we came closer to Isa.

The town (city?) looks quite nice. Outback, so a different 'nice' to the nice i grew up with! And you have to bear in mind that the mine is RIGHT in town! I probably would have assumed that the mine would be on the outskirts or even 10km out of town or something, but no. You can be standing in the main street and see the piles of ore and the mine and the chimney smoke stacks just right in front of you.

Apparently Mount Isa is the worlds largest city in geographic size even though it only has a population of just over 23,000 people. And so far the people have been friendly.

First stop was the tourist info centre for a map and then we chose the Copper City Riverside Tourist Park. There is a Big4 in town but we preferred this one. And i am glad we chose it cos instead of a regular slab site when i mentioned we had two little kids and asked if they had a playground the lady thought for a minute and then said how about we put you both in the park. Seriously, we are IN the park. There is a large grassed area next to the camp kitchen and pool and play equipment and that's where we are. It's not all that busy so no one is walking through the area and the van park is two parks in one so there is another pool on the other side so our pool is not busy and we are surrounded by grass and Jordy literally walks out the van and has his own little playground 3 metres away. And we have lots of shade.

We had decided to make today (and our stay in Mount Isa in general) a bit of a tidy up, catch up, stock up, sort things out kinda day. So three loads of washing, a mopped floor, folded laundry, a few blog updates, and $300 worth of grocery shopping later (holy crap!) and we are on the way to getting organised.

Steak and vegies for dinner. The kids were in bed nice and early and Tim and i had a chance to sit and talk for a change. The wind came up a bit late in the evening and there is apparently the chance for some rain but so far it's just hot.