Sunday 20th The skyline of Mt Isa is dominated by mining industry and smelter processing. There are many mines in the district, but Glencore owns Mt Isa Mines which operates two of the largest. Each one concentrates on different ore bodies; copper and zinc-lead-silver. The copper mine is the deepest in Australia with a 1,900m shaft. The smoke stack towers 155m above. There are a number of statues around town paying homage to the men who work down below. These two show the history from early days to contemporary. The artwork on a water tank at the main city lookout depicts local wildlife including the black shouldered kite and Kalkadoon grasswren. That grasswren is only found in this Mt Isa region. After exploring town in the morning, we played 9 holes of golf. The weather has been bright and beautiful today, so it was very pleasant though challenging with plenty of trees but minimal grass cover. There were a number of traps to avoid including being off the very narrow fairways and