The Camel Races didn't actually run on the Saturday or Sunday, but they did some camel tagging, rodeo events, gumboot throwing and tugs-of-war throughout the weekend, with a really good fireworks display on Saturday night. The organisers finally managed to bring in a grader to clear and grade the track for some races to go ahead on the Monday, so we did actually get to see some of the camels run on Monday morning before we headed to Mt Isa. Trev and I had a bet on the second race, and came second - the odds that the only bookie left at the track was giving were so bad that we bet $10 and won only $6.50! Not a great effort, but we can at least say we had a bet at Boulia Camel Races!
Monday afternoon we split up - Lai and Garry are heading for Winton, Lorraine and Bill are going back to Brisbane, and we are headed for Mt Isa together with Carole and John. However, all the caravan parks were booked up (everybody escaping from Boulia once the road was clear), so we spent the night about 40kms south of Mt Isa on a clearing at the side of the road. We had a good meal, another roaring fire, then arrived in Mt Isa early on Tuesday morning.
We visited 'Outback in Mt Isa' and booked an underground mine tour, then arrived at our caravan park where we caught up on washing before going on the tour. It cost $44 pp (seniors concession) and took a couple of hours. It was very interesting, but probably a bit expensive for what we actually got.
Tomorrow we are heading to Lawn Hill for a couple of days - it's supposed to be beautiful, and the weather has cleared up, so we're looking forward to it.
2 comments:
Sounds like you guys really know how to party! Loved the 1950s dresses.
Thanks Dot. Yes, we did have fun. Still travelling, but heading home now.
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