Camooweal Pony Club

The finish line at the Camooweal Pony Club and race grounds. We camped here overnight after the race from Mount Isa.

Truck Stop

Near the truck stop on the western side of Camooweal.

Camooweal Hall

The Camooweal Town Hall. Built in 1923, it is a classic old wood building with mortise and tenon joints in the solid doors and windows and exposed external frame in the German style.

Perspective

The road goes on and on behind you out here with no one in sight.

Old and New

On the right is the old undulating single lane highway from Mount Isa to Camooweal. On the left is the new highway. Luckily for the cyclists in the Border Run charity ride they don't have to use the old road.

Cyclists

Heading down the road to Camooweal.

Border Run Charity Cycle

This weekend I did some support driving for a cycle team doing the first Border Run. It was a ride for multiple charity organisations, leaving from Mount Isa and riding to the Queensland - Northern Territory border. All up approximately 202 kilometres. Most teams took turns riding and resting, but some tough souls cycled the whole distance.

Tank and Towers

A water tank and radio/tv towers on Pamela Street Hill.

Brophy's

The Mount Isa Rodeo is famous for this attraction. Fred Brophy's boxing. The Brophy team of boxers is paraded and challengers from the audience invited to select an opponent. This is one of the last places in Australia to allow this form of entertainment.

Bananas in Pyjamas

No Aussie rodeo would be complete without the Bananas in Pyjamas. So here are B1 and B2, arriving in the parade.

Rodeo Parade

This weekend the rodeo is in town. As part of the celebrations the annual mardi gras parade is held on the Friday evening. This float sponsored by Mount Isa Water was part of the parade.

Mum And Calf

A mother with her calf keeps cool in the shade of a river bed.

Walk

We got out of the 4wd and walked. This was too steep for anything but serious offroad vehicles.

A Moving Picture

From the dam wall.

Lush

A lush valley provided by the trickle of water from the dam. This looks in the opposite direction to yesterday's photo.

View From The Dam Wall

A different view of the dam from the wall.

Contrast

The lake (dam) proper.

Canoeing

A nice place for some people who were going canoeing. What this picture can't tell you is that the air was about 12 degrees and the water around 16 degrees (that's a guesstimate). With a windchill in the cool breeze, I would not want to be getting wet.

Reflections

A water hole near the dam at East Leichhardt.