Today, Wednesday 24 Sept we went to visit the above mine which was closed down in 1984. The mine commenced in 1955 and was mined for only about 30 years due to the oversupply of uranium on the world market it was closed down and the township was disbanded. The township was auctioned off. Mary Kathleen is 56km o the Barkly Highway heading back to Cloncurry. The township was once a thriving community of 1000 people. Today ... the pictures now tell the story
Our car in one of the carports, see the another behind the car in the distance.
Water feature that was in the town centre
The main shopping centre - all that is left is the concrete slab
Shopping centre again
Quiet house lots
Silent footpath to nowhere.
This was left on one of the concrete carport, obviously this family lived here for a period of time.
Concrete structure - may have been used for loading silos.
The Mary Kathleen Mine, the water in the middle is a vivid blue but cannot be used as it is contaminated.
Morena & Neil with mine behind us
Our car on top of the "slag" hill - note how dry the vegetation in the background is.
We had to put the car in four wheel drive, note the corrugations.
Some of the rock formations on the way
Road conditions
A most enjoyable day.
To think that over 1000 people lived here and now there is nothing but damaged roads, concrete slabs for carports and a shopping centre, no laughter or voices just absolute quiet.
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