IF YOU’RE planning to spend part of your holiday in Mount Isa and Cloncurry, there are several greataccommodation choices on offer. Attractions are all around, so you’ll need to stay at least a few days. Lake Moondarra, 20km out of Mount Isa, provides peace and quiet so you can recharge and be refreshed for seeing the rest of the city. From a local museum gallery to nearby caves and fossicking trails, there is no end of things to experience in this important and unique outback centre. There are also many shopping opportunities and great places to eat around town. Be sure you have organised your accommodation to make it possible to enjoy everything you can.
If budget accommodation options are what you prefer, there are several caravan parks in this town which you should know about. Argylla Tourist Park is a member of Big4. It features a pool, cabins, camping and caravan facilities. Drive-through sites are available for motor homes and caravans for your convenience. Clean amenities and a camp kitchen are also features of this park.
Copper City Riverside Caravan Park, a member of Family Parks Australia, is the merging of two neighbouring parks. It boasts two swimming pools, clean amenities, caravans, cabins and camping. En suite sites are available, as is a camp kitchen where you can join the hub of travellers, share stories and pick up some travel tips over the barbecue.
Sunset Top Tourist Park is another great park in town offering self-contained villas, cabins, and camping. Drive-through sites, a swimming pool, clean amenities, a camp kitchen and beautiful mature African mahogany trees add to the tranquillity and charm of this park.
Mount Isa may be the major drawcard of this region but it’s not the only one. With this in mind, head east along the Barkly Highway to Cloncurry. A historic town with architecture dating back to the 1900s, several historic pubs, Chinaman Creek Dam, and the John Flynn Place commemorating the Flying Doctors, are just a few of the things to see and do in Cloncurry. Be sure to book accommodation at Gilbert Park Tourist Village, a member of Top Tourist Parks. The park features an inground pool, air-conditioned cabins, camping and caravan facilities, drive-through sites and local wildlife, not to mention regular entertainment in peak season.
