The Carnival Is Over

The rodeo has finished in Mount Isa for another year, and the rodeo grounds lie empty and quiet till the next event.

Rodeo!

Good old rodeo time again in Mount Isa. The population of the town swells and people go a little crazy with rodeo fever.

Sideshow Alley

The jam packed side show alley with rides and stalls galore. This is the zipper.

Grant Survived

The bull ran away and Grant came out victorious and quite relieved.

Grant In A Barrel

Grant Denyer jumped in the barrel to play rodeo clown with a bull.

Grant Denyer

Grant Denyer came to Mount Isa to see the rodeo and do the Sunrise weather.

Sunset Antipodal

This Friday morning (tomorrow) Sunrise (TV show weather segment) comes live to the world from the Mount Isa Rodeo Arena. See you there at 5:45am to catch the start of the action.

Sleepy Hollow

The sleepy town of Mount Isa is warmed by the invading sunlight of another day's beginning.

Isa Sunrise

Sunrise on Mount Isa from the city lookout.

Small Gorge

The trail also led to this wonderful and cool gorge with a small creek carved through the hill.

End Of The Line

The trail abruptly ended. There was no going further by vehicle.

An Easier Trail

An alternative path up and over the hill that the Suzuki could do. And the track kept going off into the distance.

Loose Track

A hill the Suzuki could not climb. Lots of loose rock and attempts by previous 4wd's had torn the track up. Despite the appearance, this hill is very steep and the rut on the left of the track was almost half a metre deep. Three dimensions are not very well represented in 2D photographs.

Chasing Trails

This afternoon I went chasing trails through the bush in the Suzuki. I came to the top of a small hill and kept going off into the distance.