Set up camp and headed into the township. For those that have never visited the mine it is literally right on the back door step!!! Not sure i fancy that on a permanent basis. Booked our mine tour for the next day which also included the Riversleigh Fossil Museum and the Isa Experiance and Outback park. Both of which were very interesting.Bill our tour guide showed us through and was very passionate about being a miner. He took a payout at the age of 54yrs. and was a miner for 33yrs. Loved his job, and told us he wishes he was younger as he would like to go back. Now does the tours works for 6months has the rest of the year of. Left the Isa and made our way along the Barkley Highway and for our overnight spot at Corella Dam and Clem Walton Park. Once again recommended (no power) a great spot alongside a river very peaceful.Sat. 5th Nov. onto Winton which Grant Denyer had spoken a lot about on Sunrise.Well known area for fossils and Dinosaurs. Not a sole around it was a bit like a ghost town. Had a swim at the local pool as weather was hot we just parked out the back of an old pub. Was actually going to have a pub meal there to support the hotel but it was also strange. They didn,t have a cook, Ian and i offered our services but i don't think they thought we were serious. Found out later pub had been sold and the new owners were just waiting on their liquour license. Two Phillipine ladies owned the pub and ran it to the ground. Everything we wanted to do was closed from the 27th Oct. and not opening until April next year.The major attraction of dinosaurers was closed due to rennovations. Sun 6th Nov. Ian wanted to have a look at truck museum and the musical fence in the morning and onto Longreach.This place is known for the Qantas founders museum.If anyone is up this way really worth a visit. Stockman's Hall of Fame you can visit as well which we decided not to do, that maybe if we ever go back that way again. Had plenty of museum's for a while but the Qantas one brlliant. Also these things are not cheap the Qantas tour was $90 a couple and Stockman's $52 a couple. We had a full guided tour of a 747 jumbo and the 707 first jet plane bought for Australia from America and after that Australia bought another 11of the 707 planes and John Travolta has number 13( 707 plane). for his own private use he also has his own runway. Found it so interesting took a pass out and went back to finish the museum the next morning. Mon. 7th Nov. Spent morning at Qantas and decided to leave Longreach after lunch. Our campsite was a dust bowl not a lot of shade it was hot we decided to leave. Travelled 200kms down the road to a place called Jerico just the other side of Barcaldine great spot along side a creek (much better). Ian was able to do some fishing before tea and caught a big one just before it got to dark. Ian said this morning right let's go and so we did travelling towards the coast i think we were both fed up with the outback for a bit. Now after a fairly big haul we are south of Gladstone at a place called Boyne Is. There is lot's of work here as well. Hope to be here in this general area for about 1 week see what happens. That's all for now to let all our friends know especially in NZ we have booked our trip back to Auckland leaving Brisbane on the 29th Dec. for 3 weeks.No point going up to Jason to early it will still be the wet season.
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