20210717 Qld Cloncurry to Corella Dam

20210717 On our way to Cloncurry when Des spotted a seafood van so of cause he stopped to check it out so I wondered off to brows around the Mary Kathleen Mining Museum on the edge of town. Uranium was discovered in 1954, and named after McConachy's wife, ore was mined by the open-cut method and processed on site.

Twin Boom Development Drill, purchased cost $1,085,813, length of the rig is 13 metres and weight is 21,000kg.

The old machinery pieces line the ground and the displays featuring historic mining, rail and farm equipment.

Railway Water Hydrant
It was used to fill the water tender on the Steam Engines.
I have no idea what this is, over to you Bruce I'm sure you know.

Officially designated a Country Post Office in 1871 then in 1872 a general store and a hotel were opened to further service the township. I sure couldn't complain about the meal or service but as Des can't drink we left Cloncurry to head to Corella Dam.

On one side of the mural features an Indigenous boy who is a legend of a kid from Cloncurry of the Mitakoodi Community'. The artist, Joel Fergie was inspired to paint Barrack during Naidoc week after he saw him dance for his school with other children in a group called the "Deadly Dancers".

The other side features Brianna who along with Barrack, she is also a "Deadly Dancer". Brianna is symbolised throwing a paper plane across the landscape, portraying Cloncurry as the birthplace of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The view from the top of the tower towards Chinaman Creek Dam.

We stopped in a Gravel Pit out of Cloncurry for the night and got our chairs out and sat there watching the trucks go by.

20210718 Corella Dam next and we are hopefully to find a camp spot after we herd their were over 500 vans here after the big Red Bash. Driving into the dam we eventually found a camp were we stayed for a couple of days. The dam was created in 1959 to provide town water for Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine and when full it holds 15,300 ML of water at an average depth of 4.8 metres, however a hole in the dam wall prevents this reservoir ever being full.


Here he goes again hopeful he will catch a feed and I must admit he usually does.

Now that's a bit different, a jetty made of of pallets, but I'm not sure how long it will last.

GREAT CAMPS ON THE DAM
Location: Cloncurry QLD 4824, Australia

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