The Richardson's Adventures

Our holiday to Western Australia was initiated from the idea of taking our boys on a extended holiday prior to starting school. We have been camping in tent's, and more recently we had a camper trailer for 3 years. While the camper trailer served us well ( over 30 camping trips ), we have upgraded to our off road caravan. The caravan makes life easier for the overnight stay, quick pack up, and it also has air conditioning. Our holidays have been booked for 2 1/2 years and we have been planning in some sort of fashion since. We have upgraded the car to give hassle free motoring, not to mention the great V8 rumble.

Monday 15 August 2011

Mount Isa

Move on Over!
Red and Blue flashing lights from the pilot car was in fact a  police car, with someone screeching over the UHF, 6.6 metre wide load.  Move over!!!!

Afternoon tea (Mount Isa)

Mount Isa Lookout

Momentous moment
Zachary finally posted his dummy to his little cousin Charlotte.  No more dummy!!  Zachary has asked for a refund on serval occasions, "I want my dummy back from Charlotte".

Underground Hospital
After Darwin was invaded by the Japanese in February of 1942, Mount Isa feared it could be a target.  It was therefore decided to build an underground hospital to care for patients and casualties if they were to be attacked.  Mount Isa miners would do a days work underground, then they would volunteer their time to building the underground hospital,  fortunately, it never was required. 


Ventilator
Jen says, "Thank goodness for modern technology and progress".

Maternity ward (Harden up girls)

Babies ward

Mens ward

Lake Moondarra
We had a lovely day picnicking at Lake Moondarra.


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  1. grandpa20 August 2011 at 12:30

    I would move over also for such a wide load, that load is as long as your caravan!!!
    Mt Isa undergound hospital is amazing, glad things have improved over the years EH Jenni!!
    Charlotte was very happy to get the dummy Zachary, you must be a BIG boy now.. That's a good view of Mt Isa from the Look-out...

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