4th July – Saturday
A relaxed start to the day, with a long breakfast before heading to Supa Cheap Autos – my first experience, and probably my last! For a start, they only had three shopping baskets. We were looking for a patch to put over the large gouge/crack in the windscreen, but no luck. The nice man suggested we try Windscreens O’Brien and supplied the address. This took us to the other side of town, past the Mt Isa Mines complex. This mine dominates the town, is literally at the end of the main street and has a HUGE smokestack. Windscreens O’Brien was closed, of course.
Back across the river (or riverbed, rather) to visit the Underground Hospital. This was constructed during World War II when it was feared that Mt Isa would be bombed. It contained wards for children, women and men, outpatients, a birthing “suite” and an operating table. With dirt floors and stone walls, it was probably fortunate that the underground hospital was never used. There was also a very interesting museum above ground and it was here that Cat became very interested in a career in medicine. Not only did he attempt some medical procedures but was quite happy to lie back and try out the various beds and sleep making apparatus. Of course, being a well-seasoned traveller, Cat never passes up the opportunity …
Lunch time saw the demise of our much used sandwich toaster – stale bread sandwiches for lunch, in other words! So it was to the carpark (and trolleys) at K-Mart and the friendly souls at Woolworths, before discovering Harvey Norman and a “normal” assistant who was quite happy to give us a $5 discount. Happy customers!!!
Another clear, sunny day although a bit cool this morning and warming to about 23-24 degrees after lunch.
A relaxed start to the day, with a long breakfast before heading to Supa Cheap Autos – my first experience, and probably my last! For a start, they only had three shopping baskets. We were looking for a patch to put over the large gouge/crack in the windscreen, but no luck. The nice man suggested we try Windscreens O’Brien and supplied the address. This took us to the other side of town, past the Mt Isa Mines complex. This mine dominates the town, is literally at the end of the main street and has a HUGE smokestack. Windscreens O’Brien was closed, of course.
Back across the river (or riverbed, rather) to visit the Underground Hospital. This was constructed during World War II when it was feared that Mt Isa would be bombed. It contained wards for children, women and men, outpatients, a birthing “suite” and an operating table. With dirt floors and stone walls, it was probably fortunate that the underground hospital was never used. There was also a very interesting museum above ground and it was here that Cat became very interested in a career in medicine. Not only did he attempt some medical procedures but was quite happy to lie back and try out the various beds and sleep making apparatus. Of course, being a well-seasoned traveller, Cat never passes up the opportunity …
Lunch time saw the demise of our much used sandwich toaster – stale bread sandwiches for lunch, in other words! So it was to the carpark (and trolleys) at K-Mart and the friendly souls at Woolworths, before discovering Harvey Norman and a “normal” assistant who was quite happy to give us a $5 discount. Happy customers!!!
Another clear, sunny day although a bit cool this morning and warming to about 23-24 degrees after lunch.
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