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 its rodeo, and there is a rodeo walk of fame
- Arilla Paper
- Royal Flying Docker Service base
- Lake Moondarra
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Nearby
- Camooweal
- Lawn Hill Gorge and Riversleigh Fossil Area
- Diamantina Lakes to the south
- Mary Kathleen
- Lake Julius (110 km north)
More information:
- All Queensland towns
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