A few observations, June21

Picture is a barking spider. We didn't hear it bark.
Food in Australia is more expensive than we are used to. Breakfast is seldom included in a room rate, but we almost always have tea and coffee making facilities. The coffee is almost always instant. Fortunately a thoughtful friend gave us coffee singles before we left.
There does not seem to be the number and quality of restaurants that we have in the states. Particularly in Mount Isa,we were only able to find fast food. Our hotel has a restaurant, but it doesn't look like a restaurant. It is in the lobby and we order at reception. One of the items under the light and tasty option was a hamburger with "The Works." This is a burger with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, beetroot, pineapple. bacon, egg, cheese and sauce. We did not choose this "light" option.
Toilets here don't flush like ours. They usually have some kind of button on the top, sometimes a foot pedal, but not a single one has had a handle on the front of the tank.
Their is an ash cloud from a Chilean volcano impacting air traffic in Australia. This is the secdond round. We hope it doesn't affect us, and if it does we would prefer not to be stuck in MOunt Isa. We head to Cairns tonight on a small plane, and are scheduled to leave for Perth at 5:30 in the morning. This will be our first time renting a car without Mr. HArding driving us around. We are a little nervous. Perth is a big city.
Today is June 32st. It is typically the longest day of he year at home. It should be one of the shortest days in Australia. Of course all days are 24 hours. We are talking about the amount of daylight hours. It was supposed to get down to 2 degrees Celsius last night. Boy were we glad to have heat!