Moondarra Dam Sunset

The lake, man made, Moondarra, is quite a beautiful area. We have been here before but this time we drove around past the dam wall to a secondary spillway. Here the sunset is nicely over the water. The colours spilled into the water like a pool of freshly smelted gold.

Our time in Mt Isa was a bit like the last stop in Townsville. A lot to do in a short time. The main purpose of visiting Mt Isa was to have the car serviced. It would have been way over the kilometers by the time we got to Brisbane. As I mentioned earlier we also had to fit in a rear window repair.

Whenever we service the car there is a good few hours to wait. This time we decided to have coffee at a coffee shop called the Extra Mile. It a funky place with interesting decor and book exchange. These days we use ainly eReaders but can see great attraction for retro book readers. The coffee was very good and the service impressive. We came back a few hours later for lunch.

Between coffee and lunch we managed to find a hairdresser. It took several attempts but we finally found a great place and walked out a bit light headed. Prices were reasonable.

I got a few things from Bunnings we needed then headed to Kmart. Pam bought a few clothes that were much closer fit and we also gor a new pair of boots each. Eventually we were getting quite weary and headed to the Buffs club. Turns out that is the Buffalo club. I had just got my cup of tea and the car was done and being invoiced. We would be picked up in 30 minutes. Perfect! As we walked out the front door 3 minutes to spare, the courtesy vehicle rolled in.

Country dealers are nice to deal with. Everything was done as expected and the staff are very responsive. One thing we were happy about was that I mentioned that I had seen a light on the display that came on briefly as we powered up the hills after leaving Cloncurry. Turned out it was a water alarm. Did not show during service but required code read to determine that the filter had to be drained and changed. We may well have averted a breakdown along the road.Read more