Mount Isa Rocks!

I'm currently in the public library in Mount Isa, catching up on emails, killing time before we catch the train back to Townsville this afternoon. My goodness but a lot has gone on in the week since I last read my mail! I don't have time to do a full blog entry right now, but I will bring you a bit up to speed on what we've been doing:

• We toured the School of the Air and sat in on a "live" lesson for grade 2's from all over Queensland;
• We checked out the history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service;
• We learned about the tent houses that used to be found all over this town in the early days of the mine;
• We enjoyed a BBQ out at Lake Moondarah;
• We drove through the Outback (offroading, even!) in a 4WD ute;
• We visited an abandoned uranium mine and ghost town;
• We've eaten a ridiculous amount of ice cream.

Hopefully tomorrow night in Townsville I'll have time to flesh out some of these adventures... and then I'm off to Sydney to meet my parents at the airport and continue the craziness! Cheers!