Mount Isa

The stacks of Mount Isa. I had a few days off and made a trip up the road to my old home town for a visit.

Bicentennial Kalkadoon Memorial

Along the road to Mount Isa sits this memorial with some wise words.

Dry Isa Waterhole

Today's photo comes from a guest photographer in Mount Isa. This is the very dry Warrigal Waterhole (Painted Rock). Normally this time of year in January, there have been some rains to start filling the local waterholes and creeks. This year however is clearly different. With the devastating fires across the country, the climate has also altered in deserts here in Mount Isa, making them drier than usual. Those brown trees at the back of the waterhole usually have a deep supply of water in the sand for their roots to sustain them. This is the driest I've seen it in the last 13 years. The patterns have changed. This is something us humans can no longer ignore. Action is required.

Milky Way

The Milky Way Galaxy above a rocky gorge wall north of Mount Isa.

Gorge Sunset

The same gorge again at sunset with soft hue skies.

Lit Gorge

A beautifully lit gorge photo in early afternoon light.

Last Lake View

My last view of Lake Moondarra just north of town. The last photo I took in Mount Isa.

Direction

One of my last views in Mount Isa before moving east for a year of leave and travel. This sign always gives good directions.

Town View

A warm afternoon town view of Mount Isa.

The Hills

Back in Mount Isa after many weeks away for various reasons and I thought I needed an Outback photo to refresh my memory of home. So I went exploring in the hills south of town and took this shot of some hills blushing in the warm sunset.

Lake Sky

Back in the Isa and it rained recently with some beautiful cloud filling the sky and dampening the ground. here the clouds can be seen strolling over the water at Lake Moondarra.

Stack

The lead stack is still the tallest thing in Mount Isa.

Rock Crack

A cracked boulder of granite at the granite mine south of Mount Isa rests in the evening sunset glow.

Uranium Pit

Another visit to the good old former Uranium pit at Mary Kathleen mine between Cloncurry and Mount Isa.

Native Copper

What happens when you chop a rock in half and find copper inside? You start a copper mine. This is why Mount Isa is so rich in copper, the mother lode. This sample was at the Mary Kathleen tourist centre in Cloncurry.

Another Sunset

The Mount Isa sunsets keep on giving.

QANTAS Sunset

A QANTAS jet comes into Mount Isa in the orange glow of sunset against a grey cloud of storm.

Shower

An evening shower in the distance.

Inifinity

An endless variety of lighting conditions in the outback makes for all manner of character to be found in the same scene.

Tangled Up In Blue

An evening sky tangled up in hues of blues.