Cloncurry

First picture was on a water tank high above the town on the way in. Used to be a big copper mining area before and during WW1. Sent a lot of copper to Great Britain for use in armaments. Gold also mined at towns now defunct in the surrounding area. Was told that there used to be 150+ drinking establishments in the towns hey day. The smell of the Gidget tree at this time of year is pretty bad (last for about a month) .... cross between sewerage and gas ... it is the trees pollinating apparently. We moved to a different area to cook dinner but will sleep back where the smell will waft through. It will encourage us to get an early start I think.Weiterlesen