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Mount Isa Sunday 4th MayAn uneventful, boring journey except we saw dingoes.We thought dingoes were only found in certain places like Fraser Island but this was on the main highway on the way to Mt Isa.One was lying by the side of the road presumably road kill and the other was by it's side then it ran across the road.We came through Mt Isa and booked for two nights because we needed to shop and do the big wash when we change the bedclothes.We have done the washing but had no luck with the shopping.Mt Isa is very definitely shut on Sundays and Monday is labour day so they are shut again.We have been told there is an IGA which maybe open if not we shall have to eat out every meal until Tuesday.We came to Mt Isa last year on our tour of the outback so we have seen everything and may resort to going to the cinema tomorrow.Today May 8th is our daughter Deborah's 40th birthday. We managed to catch her early this morning at the airport as they jetted of to Tasmania for a few days as part of what sounds like a year long celebration.Charters TowersOn our way here we stooped at Hughenden part of the triangle of 3 towns which make up the dinosaur trail last year we did Winton and Richmond.Now we are in Charters Towers which was a gold mining town and has the distinction of being the only non capital city in the world to have had a gold exchange.It has retained many of it's beautiful old buildings. Both places are interesting but unfortunately we haven't been able to fully appreciate them because I have had some sort of virus which allows me an hour or two of feeling relatively all right and then sends me scuttling back to bed.I was hoping it was a 24 hour thing but that hope has extended to 48 hours.
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