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Best Time to Fly to Mount Isa, Australia
Mount Isa, a popular mining city in Queensland, experiences hot semi-arid climate. Its summers are very hot with highly variable rainfall followed by warm and dry winters. It would thus be best to visit here during the end of summer and onset of winter season during the months of February, March, April and May. The temperature during this time is 82 to 96 deg F.
Mount Isa Attractions
Julius Dam
One of Queensland’s most unique dams, the Julius Dam is built as a mix of
concrete arch and buttress type structure. It was constructed to address
irrigation and town water storage issues in Mount Isa in 1976. The dam has
a maximum capacity of 127000 megalitres and is spread across a surface area
of 1255 hectares.
Outback at Isa
Outback at Isa is offers a firsthand experience of the daily life of
underground mineworkers in Mount Isa. Its Isa Experience Art Gallery is an
interactive gallery related to all aspects of regional, cultural,
indigenous, pioneer and mining heritage. It is hallmarked by mining tours
to a real mine (called Hard Times Underground Mine Tours, a fossil zone
(called Riversleigh Fossil Centre) and an art gallery called (the Isa
Experience Art Gallery). One can also visit the Hard Times Mine to Visitors
can then go to the Riversleigh Fossil Centre to see the fossils extracted
from the nearby World-Heritage Riversleigh fossil fields to contrast them
with a visit to a showcase of endemic plants at Outback Park.
Festivals and Events
Mount Isa Rodeo (celebrated every year in August)
A famous annual event since 1959, the Mount Isa Rodeo comprises is the
largest annual rodeo event in the Southern Hemisphere- called the Rodeo
school and it is a surefire hit among all aspiring bull riders. Mount Isa
Rodeo is also a mixed bag of several events like rodeo, street parties,
music events, market stalls and family entertainment. A salient aspect of
this August-bound event is the Rodeo Queen Quest that is aimed at raising
money for charity by the Rodeo Queen (who is crowned at the Rodeo Ball
event). Another attraction here
Visitors arriving to or departing from Mount Isa Airport will get scheduled
daily services to Brisbane, Cairns and remote Outback areas in western
Queensland.