Mount Isa
From World travel guide
Mount Isa is a mining city in the north-west of the Australian state of Queensland, situated some 900 km west of Townsville and some 1900 km north-west of the capital Brisbane. Population 22,000. Geology is the key drawcard to Mount Isa, best represented in the World Heritage Riversleigh Fossil Field located near the city (250 km! - "near" for Queensland....).
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Understand
Mount Isa is the birthplace of two Australian sporting greats: Greg Norman (golf) and Pat Rafter (tennis).
Mount Isa City municipality covers an area of over 43,310 square kilometres, making it geographically the second largest city in the world to Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
Get in
By train
Mount Isa is served by The Inlander passenger train [1] which travels overnight to / from Townsville (via Charters Towers) twice weekly (977 km). The air-conditioned train offers twinette, roomette, triple bunk and coach accomondation, and has a club car for movies and food.
See
- Riversleigh Fossils Centre [2], tel +61 (0)7 4749 1555 or 1300 659 660, fax +61 (0)7 4743 6296, mailto:riversleigh@mountisa.qld.gov.au - conveniently displaying the results of excavation at the World Heritage site
External links
- Mount Isa City Council - official municipal web site
WikiPedia:Mount Isa, Queensland
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