The Isa Street bridge in Mount Isa was closed for several months during 2019 for reconstruction and was opened to the public with a grand opening street party celebration. The new bridge constructed at a cost of $7 million replaced the previous bridge which was constructed in 1932. Despite the heat it was awesome to see so many people walking along the bridge and enjoying the festivities. One of Gumby's co-workers, Sam Wylie, entertained the crowd, singing and playing guitar with his band.
I never get tired of the view from Telstra Hill. The colours in the landscape change with the passing of the seasons and it is consistently spectacular.
We had a awesome day exploring the area around Lake Moondarra and taking Cherry up and down the dirt tracks. Check out pictures from our previous visit by clicking on the button below. Chern'ee & Brooke Sutton Kalkadoon ArtistsChern’ee Sutton grew up in Mount Isa and is now an accomplished and award winning artist with two paintings in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace; a reconciliation painting given to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their Royal visit to Australia in 2014, and a painting for the 2018 Commonwealth Games gifted by the City of Gold Coast to his Royal Highness, Charles Prince of Wales.
Greta, Our First HomeOur First Permaculture GardenArtworkLiving Near an Active Mine SiteLife in GretaLaying New Grass in 2020New Concrete Driveway in 2021Mount Isa's Telstra Hill will always hold a special place in our hearts, check out some of our other visits by clicking on the button's below. After two years and two months living full-time in Florence the caravan, we decided to expand our footprint and move into a rental property in the Mount Isa suburb of Sunset. There was competition for the renovated property, but we successfully claimed the keys through offering a higher weekly rent. Moving from a caravan to a three-bedroom, one bathroom house in the suburbs was overwhelming, with new furniture to purchase and also exhilarating, with access to on-demand hot water from the tap. The sense of space was luxurious, and we fell in love with the garden, an oasis from the outback heat and the dust that emanated from the mine. There was even a covered space for Florence under the carport. I took the opportunity to use one of the bedrooms as a sewing room to continue making quilts and Shovel purchased some workout equipment for the outside patio area. With aspirations of living in Mount Isa for many years our attention soon turned from renting to purchasing and a place to call our own…. The search had begun.
History suggests that when the suburb of Sunset was created in 1967, a planned housing estate built jointly by Mount Isa Mines and the government, locals were given the opportunity to submit street names. We are unsure who provided the name Fornax but can tell you “Fornax” is the Latin word for “furnace” (fitting given the town of Mount Isa exists because of a mine and subsequent smelters) and it is also the name of a southern constellation. The three brightest stars in the Fornax constellation are Alpha, Beta and Nu Fornacis, which form a flattened triangle facing south.
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