Sydney, 1860km

Posted August 29th, 2005 by jhuny

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With hill climbing fresh in my mind and after pondering reasons behind my sexuality, the first thing I did upon my arrival at the All Seasons Verona in Mount Isa was to run up City Lookout to get a good view of the phallic symbol that is the Lead Stack (Aka the Big Chimney). I had to run to catch the sunset but then had to wait over an hour for the “residual light” to fade to get a decent shot of the mine lit up. I called JPB and, with the sun setting in the distance, it was kind of romantic in a disconnected kind of way.

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Afterwards I went down to Carpentaria Buffalo Club for lamb shanks and, with memories of my lovely first date with JPB still in my mind, where I ordered the same thing, it was extremely disappointing. A shame, really, you’d think that in a scruffy outback mining town they’d be able to get it right.

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