Thats what we locals call Mt Isa. We figure we qualify as locals becuase of the amount of local dust we've inhaled recently. After a hearty breakfast at Camp Cannington, we bid farewell to our golf buggy chauffer and made tracks for Mt Isa.
In the Isa we visited the local RFDS base, for a slap up lunch of pizza and drinks organised by Tracey Spicer. We also met with Julia from Incitec Pivot - Phosphate Hill, who presented us with a cheque for the RFDS for $500 - fantastic. We then chatted for a while and met local legend Doctor Dan - if you have been helped by the RFDS in the Isa region chances are it was him. Nice bloke, hope we don't meet him in the back of a plane some day.
After a brief interview with the local paper we made tracks for Cloncurry, in order to get a head start on the run to Century in the morning. Our cunning plan was almost foiled by a lack of ready accommodation - Neil had tears in his eyes at the thought of how long it would take Tom to pack up his tent in the morning, however in the end we found a hotel, checked in, and passed out.
Julie from IPL and Tracey show the lads how it's done
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