We left Cloncurry this morning, without regret- we weren't terribly impressed by the town. Heading west towards Mt Isa, we were amazed by the changing landscape. Where yesterday we were passing through fairly flat though elevated land, with occasional higher spots, and a great deal of vegetation, with shrubs coming into flower and an abundance of different trees giving differing shades of green, from silvery grey to dark green, today we were suddenly climbing hills and more hills, with Namatjira landscapes of red cliffs or red hills barely covered with grey/brown grass and spotted with small trees. It may not sound great but it's actually quite beautiful.
The Isa, as the locals call it, is a biggish town dominated by the three tall chimneys of the mine. The town's grown up round the mine, and is surprisingly close to it. It's located in the valley formed by several large hills, and we were pleased to find Coles and Kmart and even better, hairdressers! We've both had our hair cut and are feeling much better for it. We've done the washing (it dried within an hour) and a big grocery shop - we don't expect to see another decent supermarket for a while so we've stocked up. Now we can concentrate on sight-seeing. Chris has just suggested going to the local look-out at sunset, which sounds like an excellent idea. It's right here in town, so should have a good view of the place.
The local rodeo's on this weekend; and rodeos are big in the outback, we've already been close to three others. But we couldn't stay even if we wanted to, because the caravan park's booked out.
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