It's hard to get going, especially cooking a meal. Fans are wonderful, air conditioning is even better. It's OK while we are on electricity but otherwise it's solar or battery which has a limited life.
My advise to any who are reading this is ........ Do it while you are young, soon as you retire, don't wait until your are a Dinosaur like me.
Well we are in this great copper & lead mining city,
Huge smoke stacks and everything is huge. The machinery that they use underground has to dismantled to bring it out, so they usually just leave it there as its to expense to bring out.
We took a tour of the underground Hospital that was built during WW11, in case of the mine being bombed. It was opened up 1997 and volunteers turned it into a tourist attraction in 2002. The hospital was dug out of the hillside and was fully set up, theatre, maternity, children, and had everything that was needed...... It was never used! Thank goodness it wasn't needed.
It was MOST interesting. $14 each. Open from 10 to 1pm as it is run by volunteers.
Brian did the underground mine tour 2&1/2 hrs while I did a small grocery shop. Have to stock up tomorrow for outback travelling over the next 2 weeks.
There was a lot of walking and so much information, he really enjoyed the whole experience.
At night we went to The Irish Club for dinner, I had a superb Tai Chicken Curry & Brian had a Pork filet minion. It's a huge Club and was most interesting to see the miners coming in for their meal, all nationalities and all ages, male & female. They were all chatting and it was a League of Nations.
Today I made a big Spaghetti bologna and have frozen it for while we are staying free camping with no electricity. It's all in the freezer now. Tomorrow I am making a Sweet & Sour Chicken and freezing it also.
We took a picnic lunch and went Lake Moondarra, about 20k out. It is Mt Isa's water supply. It was so beautiful, with islands, the dam, look out and a perfect picnic area.........and........to cap it all off we had unexpected company, a flock of peacocks! They were so tame, I think I could have touched them.
Taken from the lookout.
Our company
Showing off his tail, back view. I asked, pleaded, told him how beautiful he was but he still didn't put up his tail properly for me. I tried to sweet talk him but I was not good enough!!!
We have once again had very nice neighbours, they pulled in yesterday just as I had made coffee and Ray said he would be much better when he had a cup of tea, so I made them one and they sat and chatted instead of setting up their van, it's been a very comfortable relationship. They move on tomorrow to meet friends.
Time to make a coffee then prepare to have Another 32 degree day tomorrow!! Sorry Melbourne folk.!!
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