Mary Kathleen Abandoned Town Site.

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We packed up and left Dinosaur Creek, very cold and windy, it got down to 2.3°C  06.00 am. Today's journey heading towards the town of Cloncurry, but first we headed into the town of Mckinlay this is the town where the Walkabout Creek pub is the pub that famous, in Crocodile Dundee.the movie that Paul Hogan played in.

It is also a caravan Park where you can stay the night and have a drink in the pub.



 

Now onto Cloncurry, which has a museum of Reverend John Flynn who helped start the flying doctor service.


There is also water tank artwork done by artist Joel Fergie completed 2018.




On the road out of Cloncurry there is a memorial to the local Kalkadoon tribe.

Onwards there is the Corella Dam which was the main water supply for the Mary Kathleen Township.


 
There is also the Clem Walton Park where you can camp on, where the Corella river flows pass.

Entering the Mary Kathleen Abandoned Township is part bitumen road part dirt and part potholes. Evidence of concrete slabs some curbing this is a very large area which you can free camp most places. In town centre there is a memorial of opening in October 1958.


In some areas you can see washouts, this is due to the Greens Creek runs through the town. The creek is dry at the moment but in the wet season water is flowing.

The Uranium mine is about 7klms away, most of the road is bitumen with lots of potholes. My friend Graeme drove me to the entrance. I will return with my truck to see how far I get. Some pics of the closed mine show iridescent blue colour water from the copper oxide. I will have to wait and see it for myself.


Hope you enjoy this blog, we are currently camping at the township area and will bring further blog information about this area.


 


 


 


 



 


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