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Mt Isa

Queensland, Australia

Mt Isa is a large mining town. It is considered one of the biggest cities in the world as it extends for 41,000 square km..

Places to see and things to do

  • go on a mine tour. The Hard Times mine where you can experience what it was like to work underground.
  • Tourist Office - Riversleigh Fossil CEntre (fossil Interpretive Centre) and the Isa Experience, both with entry fees
  • City Lookout - drive or walk up the hill off Hillary Street
  • visit the Tent House - an example of the early style of housing unique to Mt Isa
  • Underground Hospital and Beth Anderson Museum - which was built as a safe haven during wartime.
  • Mt Isa is famous for it's rodeo, and there is a rodeo walk of fame
  • Arilla Paper
  • Royal Flying Docker Service base
  • Lake Moondarra

Mt Isa
Mt Isa

Nearby

  • Camooweal
  • Lawn Hill Gorge and Riversleigh Fossil Area
  • Diamantina Lakes to the south
  • Mary Kathleen
  • Lake Julius (110 km north)

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